Appendix:Proto-Afroasiatic reconstructions
The following sections cover Proto-Afroasiatic reconstructions is from Ehret (1995).
Nominal Suffixation
[edit]About the Nominal Suffixation in PAA: In Proto-Afroasiatic (PAA), nominal suffixation refers to adding short endings to a word stem to create new nouns or to mark grammatical features. Christopher Ehret comparison of the Afroasiatic daughter languages shows that PAA made wide use of these suffixes. They could:
- Mark gender, especially feminine forms (often with a ‑t ending).
- Indicate number, such as singular, plural, or collective.
- Form derived nouns from verb stems or other nouns, adding meanings like “person who does X” or “place of X.”
Many of these suffixes have clear reflexes in later branches — for example, the feminine ‑t appears in Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, and Cushitic languages. Over time, some suffixes merged, changed sound, or took on new functions, but their shared patterns across branches point to a common origin in PAA.
In short: PAA nouns were often built or modified by adding suffixes, and these endings left a clear trail in the descendant languages.
| No. | Morpheme | Alternate Form | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | *w | (*-aw-) | deverbative complement and result suffix |
| 2 | *y | (*-ay-, *-iy-) | attributive deverbative and attributive noun suffix |
| 2a. | *y | (*-ay-, *-iy-) | adjective-forming suffix |
| 3 | *t | associative noun suffix | |
| 4 | *t | adjective suffix | |
| 5 | *m | attributive noun suffix | |
| 5a. | *m | adjective-forming suffix | |
| 6 | *n | attributive (?) noun suffix | |
| 6a. | *n | adjective suffix | |
| 7 | *l | attributive and complement deverbative suffix | |
| 7a. | *l | adjective suffix | |
| 8 | *r | instrument and complement deverbative suffix | |
| 9 | *r | adjective suffix | |
| 10 | *b | animate noun and deverbative noun suffix | |
| 11 | *s | deverbative complement suffix | |
| 12 | *ŋ | attributive noun suffix | |
| 13 | *ʔ | adjective deverbative suffix | |
| 14 | *a- | attributive deverbative prefix | |
| 14a. | *i- | attributive deverbative prefix | |
| 15 | - | noun derivation from verb by stem-vowel lengthening |
Derivational Morphology and Verb Extensions
[edit]About the Derivational Morphology and Verb Extensions: In Proto-Afroasiatic (PAA), derivational morphology refers to ways of creating new word forms by adding extra elements to a root. For verbs, this often took the form of verb extensions — short endings or changes to the stem that adjusted the meaning or grammatical role of the verb.
These extensions could:
- Change the valence of the verb, such as making it causative (“cause to do”), applicative (“do for/with someone”), or reciprocal (“do to each other”).
- Alter the direction or aspect of the action, like marking repeated action, reversal, or movement toward/away from a point.
- Create related verbs with more specific meanings from a single root.
Christopher Ehret shows that many of these extensions have clear reflexes in later Afroasiatic branches — for example, similar causative or reciprocal endings appear in Semitic, Berber, Cushitic, and Chadic languages. By comparing these patterns, he reconstructs a set of common derivational processes in PAA, revealing that the ancestral language had a rich system for modifying verb meaning through predictable, reusable patterns.
In short: PAA verbs could be systematically reshaped with endings or stem changes to fine‑tune meaning, and these patterns still echo across its descendant languages.
* proto‑Proto‑Semitic
| No. | Proto‑Afroasiatic | Function | pPS* | Egyptian | Proto‑Cushitic | Proto‑Chadic | Proto‑Omotic | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | *dl | middle voice | *ḍ | ḏ | *dl | *ɮ | *d’ | |
| 2 | *h | amplificative | *h | h | *h | |||
| 3 | *w | inchoative/denominative (> durative) | *w | w | *-Vw- | *-aw- | *w | |
| 4 | *y | inchoative/denominative (> durative) | *y | i | *-ey-, *-ay- | *-iy-, *-ay- | ||
| 5 | *ɣʷ | complementive | *ɣ | ḫ | *ɣʷ | *x₁ (?) | ||
| 6 | *kʷ’ | andative | *ḳ | ḳ | ||||
| 7 | *ʕ | partive (> andative) | *ʕ | Ꜥ | *ʕ | |||
| 8 | *ɬ | venitive | *ɬ | š | *ɬ | |||
| 9 | *tl’ | focative | *ṣ | ṯ | *tl ([tl’]) | |||
| 10 | *c [ts] | diffusive | *ṯ [θ] | s | *s | |||
| 11 | *r | diffusive | *r | Ꜣ | *r | *r | *r | |
| 12 | *kʷ | finitive | *k | k | *kʷ | |||
| 13 | *l | finitive | *l | r | *l | *l | (> fortative in Eg.) | |
| 14 | *p’ | finitive fortative | *b | p | *ɓ | *p’ | ||
| 15 | *g | finitive fortative | *g | p | *g | |||
| 16 | *š | non-finitive | *c | s | *s | |||
| 17 | *n | non-finitive | *n | n | *n | *n | ||
| 18 | *b | extendative (> stative) | *b | b | *b | *b | *b (?) | |
| 19 | *c’ [tsʼ] | extendative | *ṯ̣ [θʼ] | s | *c’ | *s’ (?) | ||
| 20 | *f | iterative | *p | f | *f | *f (?) | *p | |
| 21 | *ḥ | iterative | *ḥ | ḥ | *ḥ | |||
| 22 | *gʷ | durative | *g | g (?) | *gʷ | |||
| 23 | *k | durative | *k | k | *k | *k | *k | |
| 24 | *d | durative (> stative) | *d | d | *d | *d | ||
| 25 | *t | durative (> intransitive) | *t | t | *t | *t | *t | |
| 26 | *ʔ | concisive | *ʔ | Ꜣ | *ʔ | *ʔ | ||
| 27 | *x | precipitive | *x | ḫ | *x | x (?) | ||
| 28 | *p | intensive (of manner) | *p | p | *p | |||
| 29 | *z | intensive (of manner) | *z | z (> s) | *z | *d | ||
| 30 | *ɣ | intensive (of effect) | *ɣ | ḫ | *ɣ (?) | *ɣ (?) | *x1 (?) | |
| 31 | *k’ | intensive (of effect) | *ḳ | ḳ/q | *k’ | *k’ | ||
| 32 | *t’ | durative intensive | *ṭ | s (?) | *ts’ | |||
| 33 | *s’, *s? | fortative | *s | s | *ts’ | *s’ (?) | ||
| 34 | *m | extendative (?) | *m | m | *m (*‑am‑ ?) | *m | *m | (> stative in Cushitic) |
| 35 | *dz | extendative fortative | *ḏ [ð] | z (> s) | *z | |||
| 36 | *xʷ | extendative fortative | *x | ḫ | *xʷ | |||
| 37 | *s | causative | *s | s | *s | *s (s₃ ?) | *s | |
| 38 | *-u- | transitive infix | ||||||
| 39 | *in- | concomitive prefix |
Laterals
[edit]About the laterals and *r: In Proto-Afroasiatic (PAA), the laterals are sounds made with the tongue touching the side of the mouth — similar to the l in English — and r is the reconstructed rhotic sound. Christopher Ehret comparison of Afroasiatic daughter languages shows that PAA likely had more than one lateral consonant, not just a single l-type sound. These laterals developed differently in each branch:
- In some languages they stayed as l-like sounds.
- In others they shifted to r, d, or even merged with other consonants.
The rhotic r in PAA was a separate sound from the laterals, but in certain branches the two merged over time. By tracing these changes across Semitic, Egyptian, Berber, Cushitic, Chadic, and Omotic, Ehret reconstructs which laterals and r forms were present in the ancestral language, and how regular sound shifts account for their modern reflexes.
In short: PAA had a richer set of “l‑family” sounds than most of its descendants show today, and careful comparison of reflexes reveals both the original inventory and the pathways of change.
| No. | Proto-Afroasiatic | English Gloss | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | *bǔ | place | |
| 2 | *ba | not be there | |
| 3 | *bôf-, *bôp- | upper chest | |
| 4 | *-boɣ- | to hit | |
| 5 | *-bâh- | to go secretively | |
| 6 | *-bâḥ- | to strike with a blade or point | |
| 7 | *baaḥ- | voice | |
| 8 | *-boḥ- | to go away | |
| 9 | *-bôoḥ- | to flow | |
| 10 | *b-j(r)- | seed | |
| 11 | *-bâk- | to burn, shine; to dawn | (Sem., Eg. innovation: n. 'morning' by addition of *r n. suff.) |
| 12 | *-bǒkʷ- | to leak, seep, run out | |
| 13 | *-bâl- | to wet | |
| 14 | *-bâl- | to move (intr.) | |
| 15 | *-bel- | to break (tr.) | |
| 16 | *biil- | tip | |
| 17 | *bǔɬ- | skin | |
| 18 | *-bîn-, *-bân- | to beget | |
| 19 | *-bǐn- | to build, create; house | |
| 20 | *-bâr- | to leak, seep; bleed | (additional Cushitic alternants *-bîr- and *-bûr-) |
| 21 | *-bêr- | to hold | |
| 22 | *-bir- | to burn brightly | |
| 23 | *-bǐrk’-, *-bǎrk’- | to flash | (root #22 + *k’ intens. of effect) |
| 24 | *bǎs’- | to start off, begin | |
| 25 | *biš- | skin | |
| 25 | *bǐšr- | hull, shell | (stem + *r n. suff.; SC semantics: early beads were made of shell) |
| 26 | *-bǎat’- | to be in front, go in front | |
| 27 | *-batl’- | to move away, move apart | |
| 28 | *-bĕets-, *-bǒots- | bright, lit up | |
| 29 | *-box- | to swell | |
| 30 | *-boox- | to cut into, dig into (with sharp tool) | |
| 31 | *-bĕxʷ-, *-bǒxʷ- | to spill out in drops, sprinkle | |
| 32 | *bāayn- | grindstone | |
| 33 | *-beez- | to emerge; reveal | |
| 34 | *-baʔ- | to be ruined | |
| 35 | *-biʔ- | to go | |
| 36 | *-bûʔ- | to flow | |
| 37 | *-baʕ- | to increase | |
| 38 | *-baʕ- | to sit | |
| 39 | *-bǎaʕ- | to flow heavily; to defecate | |
| 40 | *-buʕ- | to pick, pluck | |
| 41 | *-pac-, *-pats- | to scatter (intr.) | |
| 42 | *-pâḥ-, *-pêḥ- | to take into the mouth | |
| 43 | *-pǎḥ-, *-pĕḥ- | to break off | |
| 44 | *-pêel- | to take out, take away | |
| 45 | *-pil-, *-piil- | to drive, chase | |
| 46 | *-piɬ- | to split apart, lay open | |
| 47 | *pand- | peak | |
| 48 | *-pǎŋʷ- | to clear away, remove, empty out | |
| 49 | *-pǔnc’- | to pluck out, pull out | (root of #48 + *c’ extend.; *u < *i /#-p_ŋʷC-#?) |
| 50 | *-pār-, *-pīr- | to separate (intr.) | |
| 50 | *-pur- | to take apart | (intr. stem + *-u- tr. infix) |
| 51 | *-pîr- | to fly | |
| 52 | *-poor-, *-pur- | to speak | |
| 53 | *-pas’-, *-pac-, *-pats- | to light up | |
| 54 | *-pooš- | to be worn out, disabled | |
| 55 | *-put- | to step along | |
| 56 | *-patl’-, *-paatl’- | to separate (intr.) | |
| 57 | *-pax- | to bend | |
| 58 | *-pax-, *-paax- | to scrape off, scrape out | |
| 59 | *piiz- | limb | (Berber, Eg. innovation: 'knee'; Berber *afud < *puuz) |
| 60 | *-pǎʔ-, *-pǔʔ- | to spit out, make spurt | |
| 61 | *-pâʔr- | to dig up | |
| 62 | *-piiʔ- | to turn round (intr.) | |
| 63 | *-piʕ-, *-puʕ- | to be raised, stick up | |
| 64 | *-pûʕ- | to spill out (intr.) | |
| 65 | *âf- | mouth | |
| 66 | *-fi- | to go out | |
| 67 | *-fic’- | to scrape | |
| 68 | *-fiic’- | to press out fluid | |
| 69 | *-fad- | to draw out, pull out | |
| 70 | *-fug- | to drain out | |
| 71 | *-fôɣ- | to spread apart (intr.) | |
| 72 | *-fǒɣ-, *-fǔɣ- | to east off, cast out | |
| 73 | *-fuɣ- | to inhale | |
| 74 | *-faah- | to flow out | |
| 75 | *-fâaḥ- | to blow (with the mouth) | |
| 76 | *-fiiḥ | to penetrate | |
| 77 | *-fâk- | to be finished, come to an end, be used up | |
| 78 | *-faak’- | to break off, cut apart | |
| 79 | *-fuk’-, *-fuuk’- | to be wise, intelligent | |
| 80 | *-fǎl-, *-fǔl- | to accomplish | |
| 81 | *-fǐl- | to cut hole or cavity in | |
| 82 | *-feŋ- | to set apart, move apart (tr.) | |
| 83 | *-fôoŋ-, *-fôon- | to be frail | |
| 84 | *-fǎr- | to call out | |
| 85 | *-fir- | to flower, bear fruit | |
| 86 | *-foor- | to defeat, be victorious over | |
| 87 | *-f-s- | to take apart | (root #66 + *s caus.?) |
| 88 | *-fât’- | to excrete | |
| 89 | *-feet’-, *-foot’- | to separate (tr.) | |
| 90 | *-fit’- | to scrape repeatedly | |
| 91 | *-fox-, *-foxʷ- | hole, breach | |
| 92 | *-fayt- | to remove, take off | |
| 93 | *fâzw- | four | (stem + *w n. suff.) |
| 93 | *ifz- | having four parts | (*i- attrib. pref. + stem) |
| 94 | *-fǐz- | to swell, rise up | |
| 95 | *-feeʔ- | pick up | |
| 96 | *-fîʔ, *-fâʔ- | to smell | |
| 97 | *-fūʔ- | to grow, become large | |
| 98 | *-fiiʕ- | to make, do | |
| 99 | *-fuuʕ- | to stop up, close up hole | |
| 100 | *-p’ac’- | to cut off | |
| 101 | *-p’ûc’- | to increase (intr.) | (Sem., Cush. innovation: 'increase' > 'grow fat, thicken') |
| 102 | *-p’âd- | to increase (in size) | |
| 103 | *-p’ad-, *-p’id- | to become lost, useless, nonfunctioning | |
| 104 | *-p’ǎd-, *-p’-̌d- | to break off | |
| 105 | *-p’oh- | to be wide | |
| 106 | *p’ǐḥ- | flank | |
| 107 | *-p’ǎk- | to break up (tr.) | |
| 108 | *-p’ak’-, *-p’ik’- | to split (tr.) | |
| 109 | *p’ul- | shell | |
| 110 | *-p’aɬ- | to break by hitting | |
| 111 | *-p’ûɬ- | to deceive | |
| 112 | *-p’ǎar- | to twist (tr.), especially rope | |
| 113 | *-p’ǔr- | to rend, split up | |
| 114 | *-p’is’k’- | spit, saliva | |
| 115 | *-p’îiz- | to bite | |
| 116 | *-p’uʔ-, *-p’uuʔ- | to stop (intr.) | |
| 117 | *-p’uʕ- | to cut into | |
| 118 | *-d- (*ada ?) | here/there | |
| 119 | *dâb-, *dîb- | back; to come or be behind | |
| 120 | *dab(n)- | hair | |
| 121 | *-dǎb-, *-dǐb- | to have honey | |
| 122 | *-doob- | to stick up | |
| 123 | *-dac- | to flow | |
| 124 | *-dif-, *-daf-, *-duf- | to leak, seep, run | |
| 125 | *-dug- | to obscure, block from view | |
| 126 | *-dagʷ- | to walk about | |
| 127 | *-dîɣ- | to take away | |
| 128 | *-diɣʷ- | to tell | |
| 129 | *-dâh- | to move (intr.) | |
| 130 | *-dâḥ- | to strike | |
| 131 | *-dĕeḥ-, *-dǒoḥ- | to lie flat, be low | |
| 132 | *-dîk- | to pound | |
| 133 | *dukʷ-, *duukʷ- | heap | |
| 134 | *-dôk’- | to insert, stick into | |
| 135 | *-duk-, *-dukʷ’- | to break to pieces by hitting | |
| 136 | *-dîl- | to increase, grow large | |
| 137 | *-dul- | to raise, put above | (#136 + *-u- tr. infix?) |
| 138 | *-duɬ-, *-diɬ- | to beat | |
| 139 | *-dǎm- | to press together | |
| 140 | *dîm-, *dâm- | blood | |
| 141 | *-dîm-, *-dûm- | to leak out | (probable source of #140) |
| 142 | *-dûm- | to proclaim, speak forcefully | |
| 143 | *dumn- | cloud | (root #141 + *n n. suff.; PC variant *damn-) |
| 144 | *danb- | hindquarters | |
| 145 | *-dap- | to touch, feel, put the fingers on | |
| 146 | *dup’- | lower back | |
| 147 | *-dup’s- | to put behind | (#146 + *s caus. as deverb.) |
| 148 | *-dip’-, *-dup’- | to rise, swell | |
| 149 | *-dâr- | to grasp, grip, carry in the hands | |
| 150 | *-dǎr- | to enlarge, increase | |
| 151 | *-dir- | to step | |
| 152 | *-dǎas’-, *-dǔus’- | to put over, put on top of, cover over | |
| 153 | *-daw- | to walk | |
| 154 | *-dax- | to burn low, smolder | |
| 155 | *-dax- | to cover up, conceal from view | (Ng. < alternate shape *-dix- or *-dux-) |
| 156 | *-dǔux- | to close, shut | |
| 157 | *-dǎʕ- | to insert | |
| 158 | *-daʕ- | to call | |
| 159 | *-iit- | to eat | (Ch., Eg., Sem. innovation: *-VC- v. stems > *-CV-) |
| 160 | *-tâ- | to be hot | |
| 161 | *-tǐb-, *-tǐib- | to rise, grow | |
| 162 | *-tuf- | to spit | |
| 163 | *-tǎɣ- | to perish, be extinguished | |
| 164 | *-taɣ-, *-tuɣ- | to splash, splatter | |
| 165 | *-tah- | to tap | |
| 166 | *-taḥ- | to reach | |
| 167 | *-tāk-, *-tūk- | to stick (in), prick | |
| 168 | *-tĕk-, *-tǒk- | to tread | |
| 169 | *-tǎkʷ- | to descend, go down | |
| 170 | *-tikʷ-, *-takʷ- | to tight | |
| 171 | *-tĕl- | to fall down | |
| 172 | *-tǔul- | to rise; to form a heap, mound | |
| 173 | *-tum- | to beat | |
| 174 | *-tar- | to increase | |
| 175 | *-tār- | to start off | |
| 176 | *-tǎr- | to shake (intr.) | |
| 177 | *-tǎar- | to cut into | |
| 178 | *tĕr-, *tǒr- | earth | |
| 179 | *tǐr- | liver | |
| 180 | *-taʕ- | to become weak | |
| 181 | *za | something (indefinite pron.) | |
| 182 | *-zâb- | to grasp, take hold of | |
| 183 | *-zab- | to call | |
| 184 | *-zǎab- | to take | |
| 185 | *-zaab- | to look | |
| 186 | *-zaf- | to walk, travel | |
| 187 | *-zif- | to break up (by hitting) | |
| 188 | *-zag-, *-zaɣ- | to strike repeatedly | |
| 189 | *-zǎgʷ-, *-zǐgʷ- | to stay in place, not move | |
| 190 | *-zaɣ- | to move about quickly | |
| 191 | *-zǒoɣ- | to move (tr.), make move, convey | (Eg., Sem. shared innovation: 'move, take' > 'take hold of') |
| 192 | *-zaaḥ- | to flow out | |
| 193 | *-zâkʷ- | to turn (intr.) | |
| 194 | *-zâk’- | to raise, make rise | (Cush., Ch., Eg., Sem. shared innovation: 'raise' > 'lift, pick up'; probable further Ch., Eg., Sem. innovation: 'lift' > 'carry' |
| 195 | *-zaak’- | to eat up | |
| 196 | *-zǎl- | to cut (into, off) | |
| 197 | *-zoɬ-, *-zooɬ- | to scrape (surface of) | |
| 198 | *-zanf- | to seep out | |
| 199 | *-zîn- | to lie still | |
| 200 | *-zaŋ-, *-ziŋ- | to shine | |
| 201 | *-zaŋ- | to watch, observe | |
| 202 | *-zaar- | to move along | |
| 203 | *-zots-, *-zoc- | to stick out, stick up, form a point | |
| 204 | *-zaax- | to become drenched | |
| 205 | *-zâʔ-, *-zâʕ- | to look at | |
| 206 | *-zǎʕ- | to be held, be grasped | |
| 207 | *-zâaʕ- | to flee | |
| 208 | *-zaaʕ- | to rend, tear | |
| 209 | *si, *isi | he/she/it (unmarked for gender) | (Eg., Sem., Cush, shared innovations: *su, *usu 'he'; *si, *isi 'she': see Chap. 6) |
| 210 | *su, *usu | they | (Eg., Sem., Cush. shared innovation: *ʔisin-/*ʔusun- 'they' (originally fem./masc.), #209 + Afroasiatic pl. in *n, as also in #323) |
| 211 | *-sǐf-, *-sûf- | to put together | |
| 212 | *-saɣ- | to plait, weave | |
| 213 | *-sǎk-, *-sǔk- | to walk | |
| 214 | *-suk- | to stay | |
| 215 | *-sǔk’-, *-sǎk’- | to excrete, secrete | |
| 216 | *-s-̂kʷ’- | to rub | (possible V reconstructions: *a, *aa, *e, or *o) |
| 217 | *-sîl- | to pull off, draw off | |
| 218 | *-sil- | to run out (of fluid) | |
| 219 | *-sim- | to pay attention to, take note of | (Sem., Eg., Ch. innovation: added sense, 'to listen to') |
| 220 | *sǔm-, *sǐm- | name | |
| 221 | *sǔm- | above, up; crown of head | |
| 222 | *-sîn-, *-sûn- | to pour out | |
| 223 | *sǐn-, *sǎn- | tip, point, projecting part | (Ch., Sem., Berber innovation: specialized meaning 'tooth'; but note presence of that meaning isolated in single Omotic language) |
| 224 | *-sǐiŋʷ- | to smell (tr.) | |
| 225 | *-sap- | to come near | (innovation: Sem., Ch. 'to come so close as to brush against') |
| 226 | *-sap-, *-saap- | to hit repeatedly | |
| 227 | *-sop- | to be(come) bent over | |
| 228 | *-sar- | to cut | |
| 229 | *sâr- | back | |
| 230 | *sǎr-, *sǐr- | root | |
| 231 | *saraar-, *siraar- | muscle, sinew | |
| 232 | *-sǎt’-, *-sǔt’- | to bite into | |
| 233 | *-sâx- | to scrape | |
| 234 | *-sīx-, *-sīix- | to fall into ruin, become rubbish | |
| 235 | *-sôx- | to run out (fluid) | |
| 236 | *-sâaz- | to wait | |
| 237 | *-siʔ- | to not want | (Eg., Sem. innovation: 'not want' > 'not need,' hence 'be sated') |
| 238 | *-soʔ- | to be still | |
| 239 | *-sâʕ- | to do, accomplish | |
| 240 | *-t’ab-, *-t’ib- | to shut | |
| 241 | *-t’ib- | to perform ritual | |
| 242 | *-t’ǒgʷ- | to burn (tr.) | |
| 243 | *-t’ôɣ- | to rise | |
| 244 | *-t’ôɣ-, *-t’ôɣʷ- | to be wet | |
| 245 | *-t’êh-, *-t’êeh- | to approach | |
| 246 | *-t’ih-, *-t’ah- | to burn up | |
| 247 | *t’îḥ- | body hair | |
| 248 | *-t’iḥ- | to gasp | |
| 249 | *-t’ǐḥ-, *t’ǎḥ- | to understand, be knowledgeable | |
| 250 | *-t’el- | to observe | |
| 251 | *-t’îɬ-, *-t’ûɬ- | to glow | |
| 252 | *-t’âp- | to rise | |
| 253 | *-t’-p’- | to stamp | |
| 254 | *t’eer- | long | |
| 255 | *t’îr- | strand | |
| 256 | *-t’ur- | to be dirty | |
| 257 | *-t’as’-, *-t’is’- | to seep | |
| 258 | *-t’aaw- | to look at | |
| 259 | *-t’ay-, *-t’iy- | to be moist | (Eg., Sem. shared innovation: n. for 'clay') |
| 260 | *t’âyp’- | strand | |
| 261 | *-t’eʔ- | to lack | |
| 262 | *gâb- | great (especially in size but also in number) | |
| 263 | *gâb- | top | |
| 264 | *gub-, *gab- | trunk | |
| 265 | *-gâd-, *-gûd- | to be big | |
| 266 | *-gǎd- | to lower, put down | |
| 267 | *-gaad- | to stay | |
| 268 | *-giid-, *-guud- | to go around; put around | |
| 269 | *-gǎdz- | to stretch out, extend (intr.) | |
| 270 | *-gaf- | to oppose, give trouble | |
| 271 | *-gâf- | to hold, take hold of | |
| 272 | *-gûf-, *-gâf- | to go down | |
| 273 | *-gûf- | to bend, turn (intr.) | |
| 274 | *-geh- | to speak | |
| 275 | *-guḥ-, *-giḥ- | to swell, rise, grow | |
| 276 | *-gāl- | to show | |
| 277 | *-gaal- | to be alight, be afire | |
| 278 | *gam- | side of the head | |
| 279 | *-gâm-, *gûm- | to break off, tear off | |
| 280 | *-gim- | to come upon, meet up with | |
| 281 | *-gǎŋ-, *-gǐŋ- | to grow, grow up, mature | (Ch., Eg., Sem. innovation: specialization of meaning to plant growth) |
| 282 | *-guup’- | to soak; to drench, of rain | (Berber, e.g., Shilh agafay 'cloud,' implies a 2nd root shape *-gaap’-) |
| 283 | *gâr- | forest, bush | |
| 284 | *-gêrʕ- | to become old | |
| 285 | *-gǐr- | to sit | |
| 286 | *-gǔs- | to drive away | |
| 287 | *-gāš- | to chew | |
| 288 | *-guš- | to feel, run fingers over | |
| 289 | *-gêz- | to get, gain | |
| 290 | *-gaʕ-, *-gaaʕ- | to be sick | |
| 291 | *-guʕ- | to become wet | |
| 292 | *-guʕ-, *-guuʕ- | to kill | (#290 with *-u- tr. infix?) |
| 293 | *gʷâa | cut (n.) | |
| 294 | *-gʷǎb- | to not do | |
| 295 | *-gʷad-, *-gʷid- | to cut | |
| 296 | *gʷǐd-, *gʷǎd- | land | |
| 297 | *-gʷâh- | to ooze, run out (bodily fluid) | |
| 298 | *-gʷaḥ- | to stay | |
| 299 | *-gʷeḥ- | to scrape | |
| 300 | *-gʷaj- | to impel, make move (by pushing, pulling) | |
| 301 | *-gʷǐl- | to bend, turn (intr.) | |
| 302 | *-gʷar- | to turn (intr.) | |
| 303 | *-gʷar-, *-gʷir- | to tear off | |
| 304 | *-gʷǎats- | to strip (from the ground) | |
| 305 | *-gʷîts- | to be small | |
| 306 | *-gʷîʔ-, *-gʷaʔ- | to sip | |
| 307 | *-gʷiiʕ-, *-gʷaaʕ- | to swallow | |
| 308 | *gʷaʕb- | throat | (root #307 + *b anim. deverb.) |
| 309 | *kaa | this (demons.) | |
| 310 | *ki | you (fem. sing. bound pron.) | |
| 311 | *ku, *ka | you (masc. sing. bound pron.) | (*ka as Eg., Sem., Ch. innovation ?) |
| 312 | *-kuc-, *-koc-, *-kooc- | to flow | |
| 313 | *-kǎac’- | to catch hold of | |
| 314 | *-kǔuf-, *-kǎaf- | to wrap up, cover by wrapping | |
| 315 | *-kǎḥ- | to not be | |
| 316 | *-kal- | to turn round | |
| 317 | *-kal-, *-kul- | all | |
| 318 | *kol- | inner shoulder | |
| 319 | *-kul- | to meet | |
| 320 | *-kǒɬ- | to take | |
| 321 | *-kam- | to hold | |
| 322 | *-kǔm- | to add together | |
| 323 | *kuuna | you (pl. bound) | (root #311+old Afroasiatic pl. in *n, as also in #210) |
| 324 | *kanf-, *kinf- | wing | |
| 325 | *kâns- | loins | |
| 326 | *-kep- | to cease, no longer function | |
| 327 | *kop- | sole (of foot) | |
| 328 | *-kâr- | to turn round, go round | |
| 329 | *-kûr- | to dig out | |
| 330 | *-kur-, *-kar- | to cut up | |
| 331 | *-kît- | to produce water | |
| 332 | *-kitḥ- | to drink up, eat up | (root #331 + *ḥ iter.) |
| 333 | *-keetl’- | to threaten | |
| 334 | *-kîts- | to expand (intr.) | |
| 335 | *-kaw- | to step along | |
| 336 | *-kaʔ- | to cover up, enclose | |
| 337 | *-kâʕ- | to rise | |
| 338 | *-kǐʕ- | to turn (intr.), bend | |
| 339 | *-kʷǎac-, *-kʷǎats- | to scratch (with an implement) | |
| 340 | *-kʷâd-, *-kʷâad- | to make a loud noise | |
| 341 | *-kʷâḥ-, *-kʷâaḥ- | to become worn out | |
| 342 | *-kʷal- | to pound | |
| 343 | *inkʷal- | kidney | |
| 344 | *-kʷâaɬ- | to go away | |
| 345 | *kʷeer- | bush, brush, uncleared land | |
| 346 | *kʷǐr- | to twist (intr.) | |
| 347 | *-kʷǐš- | to grasp | |
| 348 | *-kʷatl’-, *-kʷaatl’- | to turn (intr.) | |
| 349 | *-kʷâʕ- | to run away | |
| 350 | *ɣǎ | tree | (Sem., Eg. innovation: addition of *t n. suff.) |
| 351 | *-ɣab- | to stop, stay | |
| 352 | *-ɣǔb-, *-ɣǎb- | to cut | |
| 353 | *-ɣâf- | to fit on top of, go above or in front of | |
| 354 | *ɣǒɣ- | crust | |
| 355 | *ɣooɣ- | gullet | |
| 356 | *ɣah- | skin | |
| 357 | *-ɣaaḥ- | to examine | |
| 358 | *-ɣuḥ, *-ɣaḥ- | to flow | |
| 359 | *-ɣâl-, *-ɣûl- | to be dry | |
| 360 | *-ɣelf- | to be strong, powerful | |
| 361 | *-ɣaɬ- | to break up, break apart (tr.) | |
| 362 | *-ɣim- | to slice, cut into | |
| 363 | *-ɣan-, *-ɣun-, *-ɣaŋ-, *-ɣuŋ- | to hit | (Eg., Sem. innovation: narrowing of meaning to beating time to music) |
| 364 | *-ɣin-, *-ɣiŋ- | to twist (tr.) | |
| 365 | *ɣǔnts-, *ɣǔntsay- | nap, fuzz, crusty layer | (2nd root shape: adds *ɣ n. suff.) |
| 366 | *ɣunt- | projecting surface, protrusion | |
| 367 | *-ɣâp- | to rise, arise | |
| 368 | *-ɣar- | to become dark | |
| 369 | *-ɣuur-, *-ɣiir- | to join (tr.), connect | |
| 370 | *-ɣaat’- | to fold (tr.) | (Eg., Sem. innovation: 'fold over, bend') |
| 371 | *-ɣôxʷ- | to bend round, form a curve | |
| 372 | *-ɣaaʕ- | to raise, lift, pick up | |
| 373 | *-ɣâaʕ- | to cry loudly | |
| 374 | *ɣʷa | heat | (Eg., Sem. innovation: addition of *t n. suff.; short vowel required by derived verb #399) |
| 375 | *ɣʷîb-, *ɣʷâb- | calabash (used as container, utensil, etc.) | |
| 376 | *-ɣʷal- | to grasp and take away | |
| 377 | *-ɣʷîn- | to lie (down) | |
| 378 | *-ɣʷǎp-, *-ɣʷâap- | to split (tr.) | |
| 379 | *-ɣʷâap- | to bend (part body) | |
| 380 | *-ɣʷax-, *-ɣʷaax- | to walk about | |
| 380 | *-ɣʷaax- | path | |
| 381 | *-ɣʷeex- | to cry out | |
| 382 | *-ɣʷây-, *-ɣʷîy- | to be hot | (root #374 + *y inchoat.) |
| 383 | *xâb- | piece of earth, area of ground | |
| 384 | *-xadl- | to spill, pour | |
| 385 | *-xaf- | to hit | |
| 386 | *-xǎh- | to utter | |
| 387 | *-xâj- | to rub | |
| 388 | *xǎl- | thin stalks, grass stalks | |
| 389 | *-xîɬ- | to scratch off | |
| 390 | *-xoɬ- | to make a rough sound | |
| 391 | *-xan-, *-xaŋ- | to move (intr.) | |
| 392 | *-xap- | to join, assemble | |
| 393 | *xoor- | ground | |
| 394 | *-xas- | to float, glide, drift | (Sem., Ch. innovation: 'float' > 'flow') |
| 395 | *-xǐs’- | to extend, stretch out (intr.); to reach out | |
| 396 | *xiš- | little, low, small | |
| 397 | *xaynz- | three | |
| 398 | *-xâʕ- | to rub, scrape | |
| 399 | *xʷ- | female | |
| 399 | *xʷat- | womb | (1st stem shape + *t n. suff.) |
| 400 | *-xʷal-, *-xʷaal- | to extract, take or draw out | |
| 401 | *-xʷin-, *-xʷan-, *-xʷiŋ-, *-xʷaŋ- | to inhale, take a breath | (only C. reflexes imply 2nd form with reconstructed *a) |
| 402 | *-xʷâr- | to split, make a hole in | |
| 403 | *-xʷar-, *-xʷir- | to attack, plunder | |
| 404 | *-xʷâar- | to turn (intr.) | |
| 405 | *-xʷir- | to rumble | |
| 406 | *-xʷaat- | to remove (from surface), pull, tear, or scrape off | |
| 407 | *-xʷayl- | to bear child | (root #399 + *y denom. + *l fin.?) |
| 408 | *k’âb- | cold | |
| 409 | *-k’ab- | to take hold of | |
| 410 | *-k’ǐb- | to be quiet | |
| 411 | *-k’āc-, *-k’āts- | to cut off | |
| 412 | *-k’ad- | to stay, stop | |
| 413 | *-k’ǎdl- | to cut | |
| 414 | *-k’ǔudl- | to go out; send out, drive out | |
| 415 | *-k’âf-, *-k’âaf- | to harden, form a crust | |
| 416 | *-k’ǎh- | to come away | |
| 417 | *-k’êh- | to bite off | |
| 418 | *-k’aj- | to seep out | |
| 419 | *-k’al- | to burn (tr.) | |
| 420 | *-k’um-, *-k’uum- | to grumble, sigh, make sounds of complaint | |
| 421 | *-k’ǎn-, *-k’ǐŋ-, *-k’ǎŋ-, *-k’ǐŋ- | to grasp | |
| 422 | *k’ōoŋ- | skin | |
| 423 | *-k’ar- | to last, endure | |
| 424 | *k’ār- | tip, peak, point | |
| 425 | *-k’ĕer-, *-k’ǒor- | to cut into | |
| 426 | *-k’ûur-, *-k’âar- | to become covered, go under cover | |
| 427 | *-k’âas- | to divide | |
| 428 | *k’os- | bone | |
| 429 | *-k’ĕes’- | to give off heat or light | |
| 430 | *-k’ǎt-, *-k’ǐt- | to go down, decline | |
| 431 | *-k’ât’- | to cut | |
| 432 | *-k’ûtl’- | to cut up | |
| 433 | *-k’ey- | to excrete | (Eg., Sem. innovation: addition of *ʔ concisive to denote short, concentrated outflow, hence vomiting) |
| 434 | *-k’uʔ- | to rise | |
| 435 | *-k’oʕ- | to bend (joint of body) (tr.) | |
| 436 | *-kʷ’-̌ | to eat | |
| 437 | *-kʷ’- | to be wet | |
| 438 | *akʷ’- | water | (*a- attrib. n. pref. + root #437) |
| 439 | *-kʷ’- | to be thin | |
| 439 | *kʷ’an- | thin | (stem + *n adj. suff.) |
| 440 | *-kʷ’ǎdl- | to bite | |
| 441 | *-kʷ’aḥ- | to pound | |
| 442 | *-kʷ’ǎl- | to call | (Sem., Eg. innovation: narrowing of application of v. to angry calling out) |
| 443 | *-kʷ’al- | to make repetitive movements | |
| 444 | *-kʷ’îl-, *-kʷ’âl- | to strip, tear off in strips | |
| 445 | *kʷ’ilf-, *kʷ’ǎlf- | to cover | (Sem., Cush, innovation: > n. 'covering' > 'rind, bark') |
| 446 | *-kʷ’aɬ- | to look for selectively | |
| 447 | *-kʷ’am- | to curve | |
| 448 | *-kʷ’an- | to hit repeatedly | |
| 449 | *kʷ’ânḥ- | egg | (root #447+ *ḥ iter.; semantics: egg curves at every point?) |
| 450 | *-kʷ’îr-, *-kʷ’âr- | to take a bite or swallow | |
| 451 | *-kʷ’aat’- | to wet down | (root #437 + *t’ dur. intens.) |
| 452 | *-kʷ’ǎatl’- | to swallow | (root #437 + *tl’ foc.) |
| 453 | *-kʷ’ǎayt’- | to look at | |
| 454 | *-kʷ’ǎz- | to avoid, avoid doing | (Eg., Sem. innovation: meaning shift, from avoiding per se to feeling a need or reason to avoid) |
| 455 | *-dzac- | to fear | |
| 456 | *-dzaadl-, *-dzaatl’- | to make empty, clear | |
| 457 | *-dzâaɣ- | to pierce | |
| 458 | *-dzik’-, *-dzak’- | to throw down | |
| 459 | *-dzǎm- | to get wet | |
| 460 | *dzar- | pole | |
| 461 | *dzixʷ- | salt | |
| 462 | *-dzaʔ- | to walk | |
| 463 | *-jâb- | to put apart, separate (tr.) | |
| 464 | *-jaf- | to trickle, drip, seep | |
| 465 | *-jek- | to scratch itch | |
| 466 | *jok’- | point, tip (of anything) | |
| 467 | *-jool- | to pull off | |
| 468 | *jûl- | little, small | |
| 469 | *-jôyʔ- | to pass over, go over | |
| 470 | *ji, *dzi | one, someone somebody (indef. pron.) | |
| 471 | *-jiɣ-, *-dziɣ- | to be strong | |
| 472 | *-jǎḥ-, *-dzaḥ- | to hit repeatedly | |
| 473 | *j-ḥ-, *dz-ḥ- | hut | |
| 474 | *-jaal-, *-dzaal- | to overflow | |
| 475 | *-jǎam-, *-dzǎam- | to step | |
| 476 | *-jêr-, *-jôr-, *-dzer-, *-dzor- | to convey, make move | |
| 477 | *-jâw-, *-dzâw- | to wear out, be used up, cease to function | |
| 478 | *-jǎaw-, *-dzâaw- | to sip | |
| 479 | *jiʔ-, *dziʔ- | child, offspring | |
| 480 | *-jaʕ-, *-dzaʕ- | to kill (animal) | |
| 481 | *-jiʕ-, *-dziʕ- | to spill out (intr.) | |
| 482 | *-ts- (*ts-, *âts-) | here/there | |
| 483 | *îts- | brother | (Eg., Cush., Ch. innovation: stem + *n n. suff. > *itsan-; Omotic innovation: stem + *m n. suff.: *itsim-) |
| 484 | *-tsul-, *-tsal- | to disapprove | (2nd root shape: possible old tr. derivation by addition of *-u- tr. infix) |
| 485 | *tsim-, *tsam- | fruit, seeds, foliage, plant growth in general | |
| 486 | *-tsar- | to burn low | |
| 487 | *-tsur- | to chatter | |
| 488 | *-cab- | to join (tr.), bring together | (Ch., Sem. innovation: narrowing of meaning to particular kind of joining, by sewing) |
| 489 | *cĕec- | to excrete | |
| 490 | *-cag- | to separate, set apart | |
| 491 | *-câak- | to stay still, stay in place | |
| 492 | *cîl- | stomach (?) | |
| 493 | *-cār- | to abound in water, be very wet | |
| 494 | *-tsâab-, *-câab- | to spoil, be ruined | |
| 495 | *-tsob-, *-cob- | to do wrong | |
| 496 | *-tsǔb-, *-cǔb- | to spill (tr.) | |
| 497 | *-tsâg-, *-câg- | to rise | |
| 498 | *-tsag-, *-cag-, *-tsaag-, *-caag- | to not move, be at rest | |
| 499 | *-tsîk’-, *-tsâk’-, *-cîk’-, *-câk’- | to pluck out, pluck off | |
| 500 | *-tsoon-, *-coon- | to smell | |
| 501 | *tsuun-, *cuun- | hair, especially pubic hair | |
| 502 | *-tsǎŋ-, *-cǎŋ- | to split in two, split one from the other | |
| 503 | *tsan-, *can- | two | (proposed source: #502, with regular PAA *ŋ > PBA *n; Eg., Berber, Sem. innovation: as synonym for #505) |
| 504 | *-tsar-, *-car- | to grasp | |
| 505 | *tsîr(n)-, *cîr(n)- | two | (vowel reconstruction uncertain: PAA *u, *ee, or *oo are also possible here; contrary to earlier views, this is surely a distinct root from #503) |
| 506 | *-šab- | to strike (with an implement) | |
| 507 | *-šob- | to immerse, apply water to | |
| 508 | *-šad- | to extend (lengthwise) | |
| 509 | *-šoof- | to scratch, scrape | |
| 510 | *-šaḥ- | to burn (tr.) | |
| 511 | *-šooḥ- | to wet down | |
| 512 | *-šok- | to cover | |
| 513 | *-šîkʷ- | to cut repeatedly | |
| 514 | *-šuk’-, *-šukʷ’- | to be beaten | |
| 515 | *šuuk’-, *šuukʷ’- | narrow, slim | |
| 516 | *-šaal- | to lap | |
| 516 | *-šaalkʷ- | to lick up | (stem + *kʷ fin.) |
| 517 | *-šul-, *-šuul- | to scratch | |
| 518 | *-šun- | to come close, come near | |
| 519 | *-šeŋ- | to be good | |
| 520 | *šâp- | earth, ground | |
| 521 | *-šaap- | to cry out | |
| 522 | *-šup’- | to abuse, revile | |
| 523 | *-šĕr- | to shift (position) | |
| 524 | *-šoor- | to feed | |
| 525 | *-šǎawd- | to wrap around | |
| 526 | *-šǎy- | to sparkle | |
| 527 | *-šĕeʕ- | to be scraped | |
| 528 | *-šūʕ-, *-šāʕ- | to smell (intr.) | |
| 529 | *-s’êd- | to be (dark-)colored | |
| 530 | *-s’ig- | to stay | |
| 531 | *-s’uuɣ-, *-s’uuɣʷ’ | to rub | |
| 532 | *-s’ah- | to pound (to loosen) | |
| 533 | *-s’ik’-, *-s’ikʷ’- | to come near | |
| 534 | *-s’uk’-, *-s’ukʷ’- | to strike (with tool, weapon) | |
| 535 | *-s’ǎm- | to sour | |
| 536 | *-s’iink’-, *-s’iinkʷ’- | to become weak | |
| 537 | *-s’ēer- | to lower, put low | |
| 538 | *-s’at-, *-s’it- | to cut into | |
| 539 | *-s’at- | to exude | (Eg., Sem. innovation: shift to outflow of water, not from body; root *-s’a- seen in #540 + *t dur.) |
| 540 | *-s’aw- | to flow | (root *-s’a-, seen also in #539 preceding, + *w inchoative) |
| 541 | *s’iw- | daylight, sunlight | |
| 542 | *-s’aʔ- | to drink up, slurp up (liquid) | |
| 543 | *-s’âʕ-, *-s’îʕ- | to burn (intr.) | |
| 544 | *-s’iʕ- | to draw out, pull out | |
| 545 | *s’iʕ- | hurry, haste | |
| 546 | *-c’ǔb- | to glow, burn low | (2nd root shape *-c’aab- seen in PEC v. and Banna (SOm) 'white,' is not as yet satisfactorily accounted for) |
| 547 | *-c’of- | to flow slowly | |
| 548 | *-c’uf-, *-c’if- | to tie together | |
| 549 | *c’ohr- | trash, residue, discarded materials | |
| 550 | *c’ohr- | lower back | |
| 551 | *-c’aḥ- | to dig | |
| 552 | *-c’aḥ- | to beat | |
| 553 | *-c’uuk-, *-c’iik- | to rub off | |
| 554 | *c’îk’l- | jaw | |
| 555 | *-c’il- | to darken, become dark colored | |
| 556 | *c’ilm-, *c’alm- | black | (root #555 + *m adj. suff.) |
| 557 | *-c’aam- | to rest | |
| 558 | *-c’em- | to become dark | |
| 559 | *-c’iin- | to observe | |
| 560 | *-c’ep- | to wait | |
| 561 | *-c’ap’-, *-c’ip’- | to drip | |
| 562 | *-c’âr- | to be clever | |
| 563 | *-c’ar-, *-c’ir- | to rise up | |
| 564 | *c’irf-, *c’ifr- | nail, claw | |
| 565 | *-c’êyg- | to shout | |
| 566 | *-c’îʔ-, *-c’îiʔ- | to convey | |
| 567 | *-c’eʕ- | to rise | |
| 568 | *m- | indefinite pronoun stem (one, someone, somebody) | |
| 569 | *-m- (*-mǎ- ?) | to be wet | |
| 569 | *âm- | water | (*a- attrib. n. pref. + stem) |
| 570 | *-im- | to come | |
| 571 | *ma, *mi | what? | |
| 572 | *-ma- | to not have | |
| 573 | *-mâc- | to walk swaying, move about disjointedly | |
| 574 | *-mǎac- | to immerse, flow over | |
| 575 | *-mîc- | to chew up | |
| 576 | *-môoc-, *-môots- | to turn (tr.) | |
| 577 | *-mac’- | to start | |
| 578 | *-mâd-, *-mâad- | to flow | |
| 579 | *-moodz- | to become wet | |
| 580 | *-muɣʷ- | to hit | |
| 581 | *-mǎh-, *-mǎah- | to not be able (to do) | (root #572 + *h ampl.) |
| 582 | *-mǐḥ- | to attack | |
| 583 | *-maaḥ- | to get wet | (root #569 + *ḥ iter.) |
| 584 | *-muj-, -maj- | to come forth, emerge, stick out | |
| 585 | *-mak- | to eat up | |
| 586 | *-maak’-, *-maakʷ’- | to come back, return | |
| 587 | *-mal- | to flow | |
| 587 | *-mǎlḥ- | to ooze, be viscous | (stem + *ḥ iter.; semantics: flow out bit-by-bit) |
| 588 | *miil- | thigh | |
| 589 | *-mǎn- | to lose, lack, be without | (root #572 + + n non-fin.) |
| 590 | *-man-, *-mun-, *-maŋ-, *-muŋ-, *-maɲ-, *-muɲ- | to tie up | |
| 591 | *-mâr- | to bind | |
| 592 | *-mǎar- | to be happy, fortunate, healthy | |
| 593 | *-mǐr-, *-mǎr- | to pass, pass by | |
| 594 | *-mir-, *-mar- | to take in the fingers | |
| 595 | *-mur- | to flow | |
| 596 | *-mas- | to become evening | |
| 597 | *-mâat’- | to trade, barter, sell, buy | |
| 598 | *-matl’-, *-mitl’- | to empty, empty out | |
| 599 | *moots- | baby | |
| 600 | *-maaw- | to die | (root #572 + *w inchoat.; PS, Eg., Ch. innovation: integration of *t dur. into stem) |
| 601 | *-maxʷ- | to move water about | (root #570 + *xʷ extend. fort.?) |
| 602 | *-môxʷ- | to bend | |
| 603 | *-maʔ-, *-miʔ- | to bend, fold (tr.) | |
| 604 | *-māʔ-, *-mīʔ- | to be wet | |
| 605 | *-m-ʔ- | to go toward | |
| 606 | *-mǎaʕ- | to eat | |
| 607 | *-mǐʕ-, *mǔʕ- | to handle | |
| 608 | *nê(e) | with | |
| 609 | *ni | of (genitive) | |
| 610 | *-nǎb- | to call | |
| 611 | *-nǎf-, *-nǐf- | to exhale | |
| 612 | *-neg-, *-nag- | to watch | |
| 613 | *-nugʷ- | to seep | |
| 614 | *-neh- | to be slight | |
| 615 | *-noh- | to bite into hungrily | |
| 616 | *-nǐḥ-, *-nĕeḥ, *-nǐiḥ- | to last, endure, abide | |
| 617 | *-naj- | to become low | |
| 618 | *-nikʷ- | to be deficient, little, or few | |
| 619 | *-nok’- | to run out (of water) | |
| 620 | *-nuuk’- | to suck | |
| 621 | *nim-, *nam- | person | |
| 622 | *-naatl’- | to call to | |
| 623 | *-nuz- | to join (tr.) | |
| 624 | *-naʔ-, *-naaʔ- | to scratch | |
| 625 | *-nûʔ- | to suck in, snuff (up) | |
| 626 | *-naʕ- | to be soft | |
| 627 | *-naaʕ-, *-niiʕ- | to go/come | |
| 628 | *-noʕ- | to scrape off | |
| 629 | *-ŋoc’- | to be damaged, not function right | |
| 630 | *-ŋěd- | to take (bit of food or drink) into the mouth | |
| 631 | *-ŋodl- | to grip tightly | |
| 632 | *-ŋek’-, *-ŋok’- | to look at intently | |
| 633 | *-ŋal-, *-ŋ-l- | to cry out | |
| 634 | *-ŋaɬ- | to fasten | |
| 635 | *-ŋiɬ- | to cut | |
| 636 | *-ŋôm- | to use the mouth (other than in eating) | |
| 637 | *ŋaan- | boy | |
| 638 | *-ŋaat’- | to spread (intr.) | |
| 639 | *-ŋiit’- | to darken | |
| 640 | *-ŋaaw- | to blaze | (*ŋ is required by derived noun, root #641 following) |
| 641 | *-ŋîiwr- | flames, firelight | (root #640 + *r n. suff.) |
| 642 | *ŋaʕw- | python (?) | |
| 643 | *-ŋʷâɬ-, *-ŋʷâaɬ- | to run or seep out | |
| 644 | *-ɲiḥ- | to shape to a point | |
| 645 | *-ɲuuk’- | to rub | (Eg., Sem. innovation: 'to rub' > 'to scrape') |
| 646 | *-ɲer- | to fear | |
| 647 | *-ɲîr- | to be frail | |
| 648 | *-ɲīit’-, *-ɲāat’- | to hurt, ache, be in pain | |
| 649 | *-ɲaw- | to come to, arrive at | (*ŋ and *a are reconstructed because they are required in derived root #651 below) |
| 650 | *-ɲaw- | to be moist, damp | |
| 651 | *-ɲawr- | to move toward, come toward | (#649 + *r diffus.; semantics: from closed- to open-ended action) |
| 652 | *-ɲoxʷ- | to hold in the mouth | |
| 653 | *-ɲay- | to speak loudly | |
| 654 | *-ɲay-, *-ɲaw- | to rise, swell, expand | |
| 655 | *ɲâʔ- | light, slight | |
| 656 | *-ɲîʕ- | to rise (in elevation), swell (in size) | |
| 657 | *k’âɲ- | yellow | |
| 658 | *-z-ɲ- | to open | |
| 659 | *-nah-, *-ŋah-, *-ɲah- | to avoid | |
| 660 | *-noh-, *-ŋoh-, *-ɲoh- | to cry out | |
| 661 | *-naxʷ-, *-ŋaxʷ-, *-ɲaxʷ- | to surprise | |
| 662 | *-ŋêep’-, *-ɲêep’- | to stick one thing into another | |
| 663 | *-ʕâb- | to shine | |
| 664 | *-ʕob- | to take a swallow | |
| 665 | *-ʕǔc- | to swallow liquid or soft food | |
| 666 | *-ʕac’- | to repeat, do again | |
| 667 | *ʕîd- | to raise, lift | |
| 668 | *ʕid- | person | |
| 669 | *-ʕǔdl- | to grip | |
| 670 | *-ʕudl-, *-ʕuudl- | to cut off | |
| 671 | *-ʕadz- | to be wrong, bad, ill; do or function wrongly | |
| 672 | *-ʕaaf- | to see | |
| 673 | *-ʕǐf-, *-ʕǔf-, *-ʕǎf- | to utter | |
| 674 | *-ʕǎg- | to take a mouthful | |
| 675 | *ʕâag- | grain | (Eg., Ch. innovation: *ʕâagaw- 'cooked grain,' stem + *w n. suff.) |
| 676 | *-ʕaj-, *-ʕij- | to bite | |
| 677 | *-ʕǎak-, *-ʕǎakʷ- | to attack | |
| 678 | *-ʕik’-, *-ʕak’- | to rise up | |
| 679 | *-ʕal- | to ascend, go up | |
| 680 | *ʕal- | jaw | |
| 681 | *-ʕil- | to move to and fro | |
| 682 | *-ʕâam- | to raise; tip of anything | |
| 683 | *-ʕīm- | to apply, put into effect | |
| 684 | *-ʕôom- | to stop (intr.) | |
| 685 | *-ʕǎn-, *-ʕǎŋ- | to bend, turn | |
| 686 | *-ʕan-, *-ʕaan- | to come into view, appear | |
| 687 | *-ʕâan- | to seep (of bodily fluid) | |
| 688 | *-ʕôn- | to swallow | |
| 689 | *ʕǎŋ-, *ʕǐŋ- | tip, peak, top | |
| 690 | *-ʕanɣʷ- | to rise, grow | (root #689 + ɣʷ comp.) |
| 691 | *-ʕĕŋ- | to move in a confused manner | |
| 692 | *-ʕūp-, *-ʕīp- | to convey, make move | |
| 693 | *-ʕar- | to become still | |
| 694 | *ʕarf- | cloud | (root #695 + *f iter.? If so, semantics are unclear) |
| 695 | *-ʕir- | to be raised; sky | |
| 696 | *-ʕǒr-, *-ʕĕr- | to burn brightly (intr.) | |
| 697 | *ʕûur- | strength | |
| 698 | *-ʕis- | to be(come) heavy | |
| 699 | *-ʕǎs’- | to burn (intr.?) | |
| 700 | *-ʕiš-, *-ʕuš- | to stick up | |
| 701 | *-ʕat-, *-ʕit-, *-ʕut- | to stop (tr.?) | |
| 702 | *-ʕat’- | to present | |
| 703 | *-ʕatl’- | to become fat, thick | |
| 704 | *-ʕâts- | to ask for, beg | |
| 705 | *-ʕīts- | to stop (tr.) | |
| 706 | *-ʕâyg- | to go down | |
| 707 | *-ʕuz- | young | |
| 708 | *-ʕâʕ- | to cry | |
| 709 | *-ʔaab-, *-ʔiib- | to burn, give off heat, glow | |
| 710 | *-ʔabz-, *-ʔibz- | to blaze | (root #709 + *z intens. of manner) |
| 711 | *-ʔǐb- | to sit, stay | |
| 712 | *-ʔadl- | to act in anger | |
| 713 | *-ʔûuf- | to blow | |
| 714 | *-ʔǎg-, *-ʔǎgʷ- | to arrange | |
| 715 | *-ʔaɣ-, *-ʔaaɣ- | to be satisfactory | |
| 716 | *-ʔah-, *-ʔaah- | to moan | |
| 717 | *-ʔâakʷ- | to burn (of fire); fire (n.) | |
| 718 | *ʔâl- | base of neck | |
| 719 | *ʔîl- | oath | |
| 720 | *-ʔîl-, *-ʔal- | to see | |
| 720 | *ʔǐl- | eye | |
| 721 | *-ʔoɬ- | to speak loudly | |
| 722 | *-ʔâm- | to heat | |
| 723 | *-ʔam- | to intend | |
| 724 | *ʔân-, *ʔîn-, *ân-, *în- | I | |
| 725 | *ʔǎnn-, *ʔǐnn-, *ǎnn-, *ǐnn- | we | (pl. of #724 by adding *-(a)C- where C = preceding stem-final C, is implied in Eg. reflex) |
| 726 | *ʔîns- | one, someone, person (indef. pron.) 767 | |
| 727 | *ʔânt-, *ʔînt-, *ânt-, *înt- | you (sing.) | |
| 728 | *-ʔânxʷ- | to listen; ear | (root #723 + *xʷ extend. fort.; *m > /n/ ([ŋ])/_*xʷ) |
| 729 | *-ʔâr- | to know | |
| 730 | *-ʔark’- | to notice, become aware of | (root #729 + *k’ intens. of effect) |
| 731 | *-ʔaš- | to walk; leg | |
| 732 | *-ʔāat | to set out for | |
| 733 | *ʔâts- | body | |
| 734 | *ʔǎw- | tall, high, long, big | |
| 735 | *ʔâayš- | flesh, meat | |
| 736 | *-ʔaz- | to hold | |
| 737 | *-ʔaz- | to bite | |
| 738 | *-ḥâb-, *-ḥûb- | to hold | |
| 739 | *-ḥaab- | to speak out, proclaim | |
| 740 | *-ḥǎc-, *-ḥîc- | to rub against | |
| 741 | *-ḥâc’- | to curve, bend round | |
| 742 | *-ḥêd- | to become fat, grow | |
| 743 | *-ḥudl-, *-ḥuudl- | to twist (tr.) | |
| 744 | *-ḥaf- | to lay | |
| 745 | *-ḥaɣ- | to feint, make as if to do | |
| 746 | *-ḥeek-, *-ḥeekʷ- | to go down | |
| 747 | *-ḥâm-, *-ḥîm- | to strip away (hair, skin, etc.) | |
| 748 | *-ḥam- | to spoil (intr.) | (Sem., Eg. innovation: to spoil > to sour) |
| 749 | *-ḥam- | to warm up | |
| 750 | *-ḥin-, *-ḥan- | to set out, lay out, put into use | |
| 751 | *-ḥînk-, *-ḥânk- | to carry (to or from) | (root #750 + *k dur.) |
| 752 | *-ḥōn- | to stick up, project, protrude | |
| 753 | *-ḥuun-, *-ḥiin-, *-ḥaan- | to bite into | |
| 754 | *-ḥap- | to take hold of | |
| 755 | *-ḥup-, *-ḥuup- | mouthful | |
| 756 | *-ḥap’- | to hasten | |
| 757 | *-ḥĕr- | to scrape off | |
| 758 | *-ḥâs’- | to feel bad | |
| 759 | *-ḥetl’-, *-ḥotl’- | to scratch | |
| 760 | *-ḥâw- | to hack | |
| 761 | *-ḥ-y-, *-ḥ-w- | to travel | |
| 762 | *-ḥâaz- | to cut into | |
| 763 | *-ḥîz- | to increase in size or amount (intr.) | |
| 764 | *-ḥôz- | to dig | |
| 765 | *-ḥôʔ- | to spill (intr.) | |
| 766 | *-ḥěʕ-, *-ḥĕeʕ- | to be weak | |
| 767 | *h- | this/that (demons., base) | |
| 767 | *ha | this/that one | |
| 768 | *hâa | open ground, area outside residence | |
| 769 | *-hu-, *-huu- | to fall | |
| 770 | *-hab- | to beat, strike with weapon | |
| 771 | *-hǎad- | to move along, proceed | (Sem., Eg. innovation: move > move toward) |
| 772 | *-hǐd-, *-hǐid- | to drive | |
| 773 | *-h-d- | to rest | |
| 774 | *-hǒj- | to wet down | |
| 775 | *-hâl-, *-hîl- | to cry, call out | |
| 776 | *hāl-, *hīl- | other | (probably demon., root #767+ *l n./adj. suff.) |
| 777 | *-hal- | to become thoroughly wet, pour heavily (intr.) | |
| 778 | *-heel- | to grip, take hold of | |
| 779 | *-hâm- | to go away | |
| 780 | *-ham-, *-haam- | concern | |
| 781 | *-hom- | to take into the mouth | |
| 782 | *-hûum- | to lower | |
| 783 | *-hǎp- | to put up, put above | |
| 784 | *-hip’- | to rub | |
| 785 | *-hup’- | point, tip | |
| 786 | *har- | flow (n.) | |
| 787 | *-har-, *-haar- | to cut into | |
| 788 | *-hǎr- | to become lit | |
| 789 | *-her-, *-hor- | to go rapidly on foot | |
| 790 | *-hur- | to feel good | |
| 791 | *-haas- | voice | (Sem., Eg. innovation: addition of *b extend., imputing meaning 'to count') |
| 792 | *haas’- | sand | |
| 793 | *-hes’- | to sing | |
| 794 | *-hat’- | to overflow | |
| 795 | *-hâat’- | to come toward | |
| 796 | *-hatl’- | to stop (intr.) | |
| 797 | *-hâys’- | to lap | |
| 798 | *hǎz- | flow (n.) | |
| 799 | *-hôoz- | to speak | |
| 800 | *-heeʔ- | to convey | |
| 801 | *-hooʔ- | to burn, become hot | |
| 802 | *-hǎʕ- | to arrive | |
| 803 | *la | at, to | |
| 804 | *-lâ-, *-lî- | to be moist, damp | |
| 805 | *-lâa- | to strike down | |
| 806 | *lǒ | true | |
| 807 | *-lîb-, *-lîib- | to sit | |
| 808 | *-lib- | to lap | |
| 809 | *līb- | heart | |
| 810 | *-lib-, *-lab- | to burn (intr.) | |
| 811 | *-lâf- | to rise | |
| 812 | *-lef- | to wrap, fold | |
| 813 | *legʔ- | bull (?) | |
| 814 | *-lâgʷ-, *-lâagʷ- | to speak | |
| 815 | *-laaɣ- | to turn, turn back, change direction | |
| 816 | *-lîɣ-, *-lûɣ- | to be raised | |
| 817 | *-loh- | to rise, go up | |
| 818 | *-lĕḥ- | to notice, pay attention | |
| 819 | *-lěeḥ | to come out | |
| 820 | *laj-, *ladz- | light (of fire, day) | |
| 821 | *-lak- | to hold with the tongue | |
| 822 | *-lak’- | to lap up | |
| 823 | *-lâk’-, *-lâak’- | to show, bring to (one’s) notice or attention | |
| 824 | *-lǎm-, *-lǐm- | to move | |
| 825 | *-lep’- | to move along | |
| 826 | *-laas- | to become weak, be in a weakened state | |
| 827 | *-lis’- | to lick | (Ch., Berber, and Eg. shared innovation: *aləs-/*iləs- 'tongue': *a-/*i-attrib. n. pref. + stem; PS *lisn 'tongue' is a separate and distinct derivation from the same verb root) |
| 828 | *-laš- | to hold onto | |
| 829 | *-l-t’- | to splatter | |
| 830 | *-laaw- | to pick up | |
| 831 | *-lǎax- | to increase (intr.) | (Sem., Eg., Ch. innovation: 'increase' > 'grow in size') |
| 832 | *-lôxʷ- | to move toward | |
| 833 | *-lâygʷ- | to trickle | (root #804 + *y inchoat. + *gʷ dur.) |
| 834 | *-liʕ- | to shine | |
| 835 | *-liʕb- | to move (tr.), convey | |
| 836 | *dlâ, *dlî | call, cry (n.) | |
| 837 | *-dlâ- | to grow, swell | |
| 838 | *-dlab-, *-dlib- | to put the hand to | |
| 839 | *-dlabʕ-, *-dlibʕ- | to stretch out (intr.) | (root #838 + *ʕ part.; Sem., Eg. innovation: narrowing of meaning to tr. stretching out of arms) |
| 840 | *-dlib- | to suffer loss, be damaged | |
| 841 | *-dlaf-, *-dluf- | to rise above | |
| 842 | *-dlêf-, *-dlôf- | to flow out | |
| 843 | *-dleg- | to pay attention to | |
| 844 | *-dlog- | to be bent, curved | |
| 845 | *-dlōogʷ-, *-dlēegʷ- | to call out | |
| 846 | *-dlah- | to heat | |
| 847 | *-dlaḥ- | to swell | |
| 848 | *-dl-kʷ- | to go bad | |
| 849 | *-dleek’- | to squeeze | |
| 850 | *-dlôkʷ’- | to push | |
| 851 | *-dlum- | to be finished, ended, made useless | |
| 852 | *-dlâp’-, *-dlîp’- | to descend, go down | |
| 853 | *-dlǎp’-, *-dlǐp’- | to pay | |
| 854 | *-dlāp’-, *-dlīp’- | to set on top of | (Sem, Eg., Ch., Cush, innovation: 'set on top of' > 'cover') |
| 855 | *-dlir- | to harm | |
| 856 | *-dl-̂r- | to cut | |
| 857 | *-dlay-, *-dlaw- | to bite | |
| 858 | *-dlaʔ- | to go from | |
| 859 | *-dlǎʔ- | to decline, become low | |
| 860 | *-dliiʔ- | to expand | |
| 861 | *-dleʕ-, *-dloʕ- | to feel weak, be worn out | |
| 862 | *-âaɬ- | to burn (intr.) | |
| 863 | *-ɬě- | to stand up, get up | (Sem., Eg. innovation: addition of *w inchoative to stem) |
| 864 | *-ɬâb- | to grow, increase, add on | |
| 865 | *-ɬâf- | to live, grow | |
| 866 | *-ɬǔf- | to expand, increase | (root #866 with *-u- tr. infix [also tonal shift as found in Chadic cases]) |
| 867 | *-ɬuuf- | to sip | |
| 868 | *ɬâg- | to be much, many | |
| 869 | *-ɬǎɣ- | to be excited, stirred up | |
| 870 | *-ɬeeh- | to shine | (this root is included because #871 following derives from it) |
| 871 | *-ɬêeh- | moon | |
| 872 | *-ɬǎḥ- | to burn (tr.) | |
| 873 | *-ɬîiḥ- | to scrape off | |
| 874 | *-ɬǎakʷ- | to pierce | |
| 875 | *-ɬikʷ- | to bite | |
| 876 | *-ɬakʷ’- | to become visible, emerge into view | |
| 877 | *ɬâm- | two | |
| 878 | *-ɬǎam- | to leave | |
| 879 | *-ɬuum- | to harm | |
| 880 | *-ɬîŋ- | to run out (of fluid) | |
| 881 | *-ɬap-, *-ɬip- | to go down, decline | |
| 882 | *ɬap’-, *ɬip’- | ribcage | (distinct root from #809) |
| 883 | *-ɬup’- | to burn (intr.) | |
| 884 | *-ɬâr- | to cover up | |
| 885 | *-ɬǎw- | to take | (Eg., Sem. innovation: take > take out) |
| 886 | *-ɬow- | to cover over | |
| 887 | *ɬaʔ-, *ɬaaʔ- | grassy area, low vegetation, scrub | |
| 888 | *ɬǒʔ- | cattle | (sing. *iǒw- 'cow') (Eg., Sem. innovation: generalization of pl. to domestic animals in general, then narrowing in PS and Eg. to different specific animals) |
| 889 | *ɬ-ʔr-, *ɬ-rʔ- | hair | (possible vowel reconstructions: *a, *aa, *e, or *o) |
| 890 | *-ɬêʕ- | to cut off | |
| 891 | *ɬaʕf-, *ɬiʕf- | to claw, paw | |
| 892 | *-tl’ab- | to stick into | |
| 893 | *-tl’ab-, *-tl’ub- | to make quick movements | |
| 894 | *-tl’ab- | to spill, pour | |
| 895 | *-tl’af- | to turn (tr.) | |
| 896 | *-tl’eeɣ- | to stick out or up | |
| 897 | *-tl’iiɣʷ- | to descend, go down | |
| 898 | *-tl’ih- | to run away, flee (from); to chase | |
| 899 | *-tl’âḥ- | to be loud, exuberant | |
| 900 | *-tl’ôoḥ- | to join (intr.) | |
| 901 | *-tl’ikʷ-, *-tl’akʷ- | to fool | |
| 902 | *-tl’ok’- | to beat | |
| 903 | *-tl’ook‘- | to rub | |
| 904 | *-tl’akʷ’-, *-tl’ikʷ’- | to ooze, be thick (of fluid matter) | |
| 905 | *-tl’âl- | to burn, make hot | |
| 906 | *-tl’âl- | to wet down | |
| 907 | *-tl’il- | to clench the teeth | |
| 908 | *-tl’im-, *-tl’um- | to ooze, be viscous | |
| 909 | *-tl’in- | to rise | |
| 910 | *-tl’ip-, *-tl’up- | to hit | (Sem., Ch. innovation: semantic narrowing to hitting with the hand) |
| 911 | *-tl’etl’- | to fix the eyes upon | |
| 912 | *-tl’aw-, *-tray- | to split (tr.) | |
| 913 | *-tl’ow- | to flow | |
| 914 | *-tl’uw- | to rise | |
| 915 | *-tl’āy- | to produce or apply fluid | |
| 916 | *tl’ayŋ- | moisture, wetness, wet matter | (root #915 + *ŋ n. suff.) |
| 917 | *-tl’iy- | to set down, lower | |
| 918 | *-tl’ǐz- | to raise | |
| 919 | *tl’-̌z- | tall, high, long | (probable *tl’iiz-, adj. < v. in #918 by V > VV; occurrence of PSC *ee (or *e?) for expected *ii probably reflects phonetic influence of PC root in #254) |
| 920 | *-tl’ôz-, *-tl’ûz- | to glow | |
| 921 | *-tl’oʔ- | to grab | |
| 922 | *-tl’aʕ- | to strike (with implement) | |
| 923 | *-tl’iiʕ- | to blow | |
| 924 | *ar- | at, by | |
| 925 | *ra, *ri | wet place | |
| 926 | *-râ-, *-râw- | to continue, keep on | |
| 927 | *-rab- | to be destroyed, perish | |
| 927 | *-rǔb- | to destroy, kill (many?) | (tr. by *-u- infix) |
| 928 | *-rǒb-, *-rěb- | to put above | |
| 929 | *-roob- | to tighten by twisting | |
| 930 | *-ruub- | to send | (Sem., Eg. innovation: 'send' > 'direct,' hence 'command, rule') |
| 931 | *-r-d- | to walk | (Agaw *a allows PAA vowel reconstructions *a, *aa, *o, or *e) |
| 932 | *-r-̂dl- | to flow out | |
| 933 | *-râf-, *-rîf- | to break off, detach | |
| 934 | *-reg-, *-rog- | to increase (in size or quantity) (tr.) | |
| 935 | *-rig-, *-rag- | to move (intr.), walk | |
| 936 | *-râɣʷ- | to pierce | |
| 937 | *-rǐh-, *-rǎh- | to go down, lower oneself | |
| 938 | *-ruk- | to bend (intr.) | |
| 939 | *-rǐk’-, *-rǐkʷ’- | to bend down | |
| 940 | *-rep- | to strike | |
| 941 | *-rip- | to tie together; to sew | |
| 942 | *-rǎw-, *-rǎy- | to rise | |
| 943 | *-reyb- | to stop (doing) | |
| 944 | *rǐiz- | foot | |
| 945 | *-rǔz- | to become lost | |
| 946 | *-rûʔ- | to stick up | |
| 947 | *-raaʕ- | to move along | |
| 948 | *-raaʕ- | to be raised | |
| 949 | *wa-, *wi- | what? | |
| 950 | *-wêeb- | to burn (intr.) | |
| 951 | *-wĕc- | to be hard, solid | (Sem., Eg. innovation: added meaning 'firm,' hence, figuratively, 'firmly established, strong') |
| 952 | *-wǎc’- | to pass | |
| 953 | *-wic’- | to swallow | |
| 954 | *-wad- | to move (tr.) | |
| 955 | *-wadl- | to flow | |
| 956 | *-wadl- | to turn back, bend back (tr.) | |
| 957 | *-wǎadl- | to leave abruptly | |
| 958 | *-wǎag- | lower face | |
| 959 | *-waag- | to despise | |
| 960 | *-wâḥ- | to cut | |
| 961 | *-wâḥ- | to look | |
| 962 | *-waaḥ- | to keep on, continue | |
| 963 | *-wâj- | to grow in size | |
| 964 | *-wǐj- | to intertwine, to bind by twining together | |
| 965 | *-wak- | to cut apart | |
| 966 | *-wǎk’-, *-wěk’-, *-wǎkʷ’- | to separate husk, rind, chaff, etc. | |
| 967 | *-wek’- | to burn (intr.) | |
| 968,. | *-wel-, *-wal- | to go round | |
| 969 | *-wil- | to hasten, hurry | |
| 970 | *-wan- | to open (tr.) | |
| 971 | *-wap’- | to be above, be at the top, form the tip or peak | |
| 972 | *-war-, *-wir- | to call out | |
| 973 | *war- | light | |
| 974 | *-wǎr-, *wǐr- | to grow (person, animal) | |
| 975 | *-waar- | to soak (intr.) | |
| 976 | *-wir- | to turn (intr.) | |
| 977 | *-wis- | to fall asleep | (Sem., Ch. innovation: derivation of v. 'to sleep' by addition of *n non-fin.) |
| 978 | *-wiš- | to form dirt, rubbish | |
| 979 | *-wetl’- | to destroy | |
| 980 | *-wīitl’ | to stand | |
| 981 | *-wits-, *-wic- | to twist (tr.) | |
| 982 | *-wax- | to look at | |
| 983 | *-wayn- | to grow | (root seen also in #984 + *n non-fin.; Eg., Sem. innovation: 'grow' > 'live,' whence Eg. 'be, exist') |
| 984 | *-wǎys- | to expand | (root seen also in #983 + probably *s caus. as denom. with pre-PAA root *way thus having been a n. or adj.) |
| 985 | *wiz- | organ of chest | |
| 986 | *-wǎʔ-, *-wǎaʔ- | to glow, burn (of fire) | |
| 987 | *-wâaʔ- | to get up to leave, start out, come or go forth | |
| 988 | *-wāʕ- | to grasp, take hold of | |
| 989 | *-wǎʕ- | to run, run out (fluid) | |
| 990 | *-waaʕ- | to yell | |
| 991 | *-yo- | to say | |
| 992 | *-yab- | to protect | |
| 993 | *-yed- | to grasp | (Eg., Sem. innovation: derivation of n. for 'hand') |
| 994 | *-yǔf- | to swell | |
| 995 | *-yagʷ- | to come out | |
| 995 | *-yugʷ- | to put out | (root with *-u- tr. infix) |
| 996 | *-yah- | to respond, speak out in response | (Eg., Sem. innovation: narrowing of meaning to loud kinds of response) |
| 997 | *-yak- | to rise | |
| 997 | *-yuk- | to raise | (root with *-u- tr. infix) |
| 998 | *-yakʷ-, *-yaakʷ- | to conceal | |
| 999 | *-yak’- | to be aware of, knowledgeable about | |
| 1000 | *yâl- | mane | |
| 1001 | *-yuɬ- | to shout | |
| 1002 | *yam- | body of water | |
| 1002 | *-yam- | to submerge, go under water | |
| 1003 | *-yaar- | to grow (up), grow large | |
| 1004 | *-yâw- | to produce young | |
| 1005 | *yaw-, *yawr- | bull | (2nd shape: stem + *r n. suff.; possible n. derivation < v. in #1004) |
| 1006 | *yaxʷ-, *yuxʷ- | side | |
| 1007 | *-yâʔ- | to come | |
| 1008 | *-yǎʔ- | to drip | |
| 1009 | *-yuʔ- | to notice | |
| 1010 | *-yaʕ- | to die | |
| 1011 | *i, *yi | me, my | (bound 1st-person sing. pronoun) |
References
[edit]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