Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bay/wr-

Meaning: land designed for cultivation

Semitic: *ʔa-bawr- 'land (designed) for cultivation'

East Chadic: *baHr-t- 'field' 1, 'fallow' 2

Low East Cushitic: *bVr- 'cultivated land'

South Cushitic: *burabur- 'cultivated ground'

Notes: related to *bay/wr- 1, *by/wr ~ *ʔbr 2 'hoe' 1, 'to cultivate, hoe' 2 ?

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1936

Proto-Semitic: *ʔa-bawr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: land designed for cultivation

Akkadian: aburru 'rear, back (of a house or field); field or pasture by the city wall' OB on (CAD a1, 90; in AHw, 9 'Flüsswiese'; <*ʔaburr-, with prefixed ʔ-)

Syrian Aramaic: būr- 'terra inculta' (Brock., 63)

Arabic: bawr- 'terrain qui n'est pas encore propre à être ensemencé; jachère' (BK 1, 177)

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *baHr-t-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'field' 1, 'fallow' 2

Kwang: kō-ḅárā [CLR: 135] 1

Migama: bârčè 2 'jachère' (Mig. 69; <*bar-t-)

Sokoro: bǝ̀r-sù id [CLR] 1

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *bVr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cultivated land'

Somali: 'campo coltivato; giardino; orto; seminare, piantare' (Dizionario Somalo-Italiano 1985, 53)

South Cushitic etymology :

Proto-South Cushitic: *burabur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cultivated ground'

Alagwa (Wasi): burabura (redupl.) 'cultivated ground' (Ehret 1987, No. 387)

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