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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bur-
Meaning: penis
Notes: Eg. and Som. are semantically questionable. Cf. HSED, 339: Eg.; Hs., Bura
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-lec,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1992
Proto-Semitic: *ʔi(-)bar-(at-)
Meaning: membrum virile; (membrum, limb)
Hebrew: PB ʔēbär 'limb, part; membrum genitale' [Ja 9]
Aramaic: PHL ʔbr 'penis' [HJ 7] (meaning uncertain)
Judaic Aramaic: ʔēbārā, ʔēbǝrā 'limb; membrum genitale' [Ja 44]; ʔbr 'limb' [Sok 33]
Syrian Aramaic: ʔebrā 'membrum' [Brock 3]
Mandaic Aramaic: ʕbra 'arm, limb, membrum' [DM 341]
Arabic: ʔibrat- 'pénis, verge' [Blachère 7]
Modern Arabic: DAT_ burrat 'gland du pénis' [GD 145], (redupl.) barbūr [GD 147], OMN barbur 'penis' [RO 55]
Notes: C. SEM only. One wonders whether the ARB DIAL examples retain the original SEM root with no *ʔi- (see AFRASIAN) or the latter was lost in these dialects.
To distinguish from both *ʔa/ibr- 'pinion, wing', No. (see AFRASIAN) and *ʔi(-)bVr(r)-at- 'thigh(bone); shin(bone); forearm', No. .
It is hard to say whether the meaning 'member, limb' is a secondary development in HBR and ARM or the terms with this meaning should be separated from what then are to be regarded as homonyms meaning 'membrum virile', and related to *ʔi(-)bVr(r)-at- 'thigh(bone); shin(bone); forearm' (No. ).
Cf. metathetic ARB ʔirb- 'membre du corps, surtout la main ou la verge' [BK 1 23] and wirb-, warb- 'membre du corps' [ibid. 2 1516]; cf. also *rib(Vb)y-at-, *ʔa-rib(Vb)y-at- 'part of body below the navel' (No. ).
[DRS 5]: HBR, PHL, ARB CLASS
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-hbr,semet-arm,semet-jud,semet-syr,semet-mnd,semet-ara,semet-dial,semet-notes,
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: bꜣꜣw (MK)
Meaning: 'potency'
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *bur-
Meaning: 'penis'
Hausa: bū̀rā
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-hsa,
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *bury-
Meaning: foreskin
Somali: búryo
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,lecet-som,
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