*ˁapar- - soil; soft surface of the earth used for cultivation and as a building material (soil, dust) (Fronzaroli 1968: 270, 287; HALOT 861, Kogan 2011: 189; Kogan 2015: 530)

Proto-MSA

*ˁpr - to be red (Bulakh 2004: 274–276; Kogan 2011: 189, 199)

Akkadian

eperu - soil (CAD E 184, AHw. 222)

Ugaritic

ˁpr - soil (DUL 174)

Amarna Canaanite

ḫa-pa-ru, a-pa-ru - soil (EA 143: 11, 141: 4)

Hebrew

ˁāpār - soil (HALOT 861)

Syriac

ˁaprā - dust; earth, soil (LSyr. 539, SL 1124)

Arabic

ˁafar- - soil (Lane 2090)

Geez

ˀafar - soil (CDG 10)

most likely ab Amharism, cf. LLA 808

Tigre

ˁafär - soil (WTS 492)

Amharic

afär - soil (AED 1353)

Argobba

afär, ḥafär, ˁafär - earth, soil (Leslau 1997:189, AAD 309)

Harari

afär - clay, soil, earth (EDH 20)

Also in Ancient Harari afär (Wagner 1983:269), afar (Cerulli 1936:407)

Gafat

afärä - poussière, terre (Leslau 1956:172, Leslau 1945:141)

Gurage

afär - earth, soil, ground, country (EDG 21)

Mehri

átfər - to paw the soil (ML 14)

Jibbali

ˁɔ́fɔ́r - to dig (JL 8)