Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḫVĉ̣ib- (?)

Meaning: be green

Semitic: *ḫVṣ̂ib- 'be green' 1, 'paint' (v.) 2

Central Chadic: (?) *ẑyab- 'green'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1098

Proto-Semitic: *ḫVṣ̂ib-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'be green' 1, 'paint' (v.) 2

Akkadian: h_aṣabu 1

Arabic: h_db [-i-] 2

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *ẑyab-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'green'

Logone: ẑébaa [LLog]

Notes: Voicing of the AA *ĉ̣ is possible only in the medial position. Cf. Ch *ŝab- `leaf, grass': 7 Mada ẑbàh `feuilles', Mafa ẑambay `feuille de mil'; Zime Batna (S) ẑèḅè `oseille de Guinée'. See also W 3 Tangale laba 'grass sp.'.

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