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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕabal-
Meaning: be big
Notes: Cf. also partial reduplications in CCh *ba-bal- 'big' (Msg bobolo) and ECh *bwa-bVl- 'big' (Kera boblo). Cf. *ʕab-.
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-ech,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 888
Proto-Semitic: *ʕVbal-/*ʕVbul-
Meaning: 'be thick'
Arabic: ʕbl [-a-, -u-]
Notes: Secondary *-u-
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-ara,semet-notes,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *baHal-
Meaning: 'large (of fruits)' 1, 'be in plenty' 2
Hausa: ḅálṓ-ḅàlṑ 1
Kifri=Giwo: ḅùllì 2 [St]
Bokos: ḅâl 2 [JgR]
Daffo-Butura: ḅâl 2 [JgR]
Notes: Cf. Sura ḅúl 'to increase' and Mupun bboal 'to grow abnormally' [FrM], cf. Akk baʔālu 'be abnormally large' [CAD: 1]
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-hsa,wchet-krf,wchet-bks,wchet-dfb,wchet-notes,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *HVbal-
Meaning: 'big' 1, 'become big' 2, 'become thick' 3
Mofu-Gudur: -ḅaḅǝl-́ 2 , 3 [BMof]
Mada: ḅòlòl 1 [BMad]
Musgu: bóbolo 1 [LMsg]
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-mof,cchet-bld,cchet-msg,
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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *bVHVl-
Meaning: 'big' 1, 'many' 2
Somrai: ḅǝ̀llē 1 [Jg]
Ndam: ḅǝ̄l1 [JgD]
Kera: bobló1, àblàw 2 [Eb]
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-smr,echet-ndm,echet-ker,
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