Afro-Asiatic lexical correspondences

Afroasiatic Chadic Cushitic Egyptian Amazigh Semitic

bone * E33;š * be;Jašu gaas 'horn' (Rendille) E33;s ix e63;

child *wl *wəlo weel (Rendille) ult 'daughter' walad (Arabic)

to die *m(w)t *mətə mut (Rendille) mt əmmet met (Hebrew)

to eat *t(y) *ti tiyu 'food' (Beja) ti 'bread' t-att (intensive) te (Soqotri)

eye *l *ali (pl.) il (Rendille) ir.t allən (pl.)

to fly *pr *pərə fir (Beja) p3 afrəw fer (Soqotri)

name *šm *šəm səm (Agau) isəm šem (Hebrew)

root *šr *šari sər (Agau) a e93;ar šor b5;š (Hebrew)

to spit *tf *tufə tuf (Rendille) tf sutəf taffa (Arabic)

stone *bn *bəna

'millstone' bnw.t

'millstone' awwun (Shilha) be; b5;b b5;n (Hebrew)

tongue *ls/*lš *alsi ns iləs lošon (Hebrew)

water *m *am (pl.) yam (pl.) (Beja) mw (pl.) aman (pl.) mayim (pl. Hebrew)