Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕubub-

Meaning: fish

Semitic: *ʕabVw- 'k. of fish'

Egyptian: ʕwbbw 'kind of fish' (reg)

Western Chadic: *Hibwab- (> bibwab-) 'fish'

Central Chadic: *bawbaw- 'k. of fish '

East Chadic: *ba- 'fish'

Notes: Cf. HSED 1117 (Eg. and Angas). In EDE II 175, the Chad forms (Sura, Mupun, Log and Ndam) are alternatively comp. to Eg bw.t 'Art Fisch' = 'Barbus bynni'.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2338

Proto-Semitic: *ʕabVw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: kind of fish

Akkadian: abūtu 'a fish' OB on [CAD a1 93], [AHw. 9]. // For a detailed discussion v. [Salonen Fischerei 150]. According to Salonen, a. denoted two different fish species, a sea fish (Polydactylus tetradactylus) and a freshwater one (Barbus Xanthopterus). The Akk. word is thought to be borrowed from its Sum. designation UBI which needs to be proved in view of the Soq. parallel below. // According to [AHw.], another fish name abūtānu (OB on) is derived from the present term whereas in [CAD a1 48] this word is rendered as abbuttānu and derived from abbuttu 'a characteristic hair style' (v. discussion in [Salonen 1970 149], supporting the latter approach).

Soqotri: ʕāba 'a carp-like fish' [NP 52], ʕába 'a small blue and red fish' [ibid. 53].

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: ʕwbbw

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of fish' (reg)

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *Hibwab- (> bibwab-)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fish'

Hausa: íbṓbṓ name of a tiny fish

Mupun: pūpwáp [FrM] ( < bubwab < bibwab-, vowel assim.)

Sura: púpwáp [JgS]

Angas: buup [Fl] , bwoop [Or]

Fyer: pupwap [JgR] < Sura.

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *bawbaw-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'k. of fish'

Logone: bwabwa 'poisson Paraphiocephalus obscurus' (kotoko dial.)[Lebeuf J.P. 'Vocabulaires kotoko:Makari, Goulfei, Kousseri, Afade]

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *ba-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fish'

Ndam: bá [CLR]

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