Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔabay-

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This Proto-Semitic 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-Semitic

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Verb

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*ʔabay-

  1. to desire, to want

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒁍𒀪𒄿𒌈 (bu-ʾ-i-tum /⁠buʾītu⁠/, a thing wished, willed, desired)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: أَبَى (ʔabā, to will; to demand; to have aversion for; to reject, to refuse)
      • Northwest Semitic:
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • North Ethiopian Semitic:
        • Ge'ez: አበየ (ʾäbäyä, to refuse, to be unwilling, to disobey), አብየ (ʾäbyä)
        • Tigre: አባ (ʾäba, to refuse, not to want; to hate)
        • Tigrinya: አበየ (ʾäbäyä, to refuse)
      • South Ethiopian Semitic:
        • Amharic: ኣበየ (ʾabbäyä, to disobey; to revolt)
        • Gurage: ኤበ (ebbä, to refuse; to disobey)
    • Egyptian: ꜣbj (to desire, to want)

References

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  • Blažek, Václav (2011) Indo-European laryngeals in Afroasiatic perspective[1], Brno: Masaryk University, page 5
  • Blažek, Václav (2012) “Indo-European laryngeals in the light of Afroasiatic”, in The Sound of Indo-European: Phonetics, Phonemics and Morphophonemics[2], →ISBN