Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/maʔ-

This Proto-Afroasiatic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Afroasiatic

    Root

    *maʔ-[1][2]

    1. to be wet
    2. water

    Derived terms

    • *ʔil-maʔ (lit. eye-water, “tear”)[3]
      • Cushitic:
      • Egyptian: rmj

    Descendants

    • Proto-Berber: *am-an (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Chadic:
      • Guruntum: mā̀
    • Proto-Cushitic: *maʔ-
    • Egyptian: mw (see there for further descendants)[4]
    • Proto-Omotic:
      • Shekkacho: amiyo
    • Proto-Semitic: *māy- (see there for further descendants)

    References

    1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E.; Stolbova, Olga V. (1995), “*maʔ-”, in Hamito-Semitic Etymological Dictionary: Materials for a Reconstruction (Handbuch der Orientalistik; I.18), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, § 1699, page 368
    2. ^ Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian): Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics; 126), Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 300
    3. ^ Blažek, Václav. (2020). "An excerpt from the Comparative and Etymological Dictionary of Beja: Anatomical Lexicon". Folia Orientalia 57, page 77 →DOI
    4. ^ Takács, Gábor (1999–2007), Etymological Dictionary of Egyptian, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, →ISBN
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