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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bVl-
Meaning: cure
Semitic: *bVlVl- 'heal, cure' ~ *bill- 'remedy' ~ balal- 'health'
Central Chadic: *(ʔa-m-)bi/ul- 'cure' (intr.)
East Chadic: *bVl- 'cure'
Notes: Hardly an Arabism in Ch (not in Hausa).
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 1126
Proto-Semitic: *bVlVl- ~ *bill- ~ balal-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'heal, cure' 1, 'remedy' 2, 'health' 3
Arabic: bll [-i-] 'guérir, recouvrer la santé'; bill- 'remède'; balal- 'salut, sécurité' BK 1 156
Modern Arabic: Thamudic hbl 'guérison' DRS 67
Tigre: Cf. bälbälä 'talk like one possessed; be delivered from an evil spirit' LH 271
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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *(ʔa-m-)bi/ul-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'cure' (intr.)
Bura: bila [Ann]
Mofu-Gudur: -́mbǝl- [BMof]
Gisiga: mboul [LGis]
Mada: ámbàl [BMad]
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *bVl-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'cure'
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