Afroasiatic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *baʔVr- ~ *barw-

Meaning: kind of insect

Semitic: *bur- 'kind of insect'

Berber: *-bVrriw 'locust' 1, 'cricket' 2

Western Chadic: *bur- 'mosquito'

Central Chadic: *(m-)bara ~ *bVbV(H)r(Vm)- 'locust' 1, 'bug' 2, 'mosquito' 3, 'gadfly' 4

East Chadic: *bV(H)rbV(H)r- 'bug' 1, 'mosquito' 2, 'dragon-fly' 3

Low East Cushitic: *barw-at- 'bee'

South Cushitic: *baʔar- 'bee, fly'

Omotic: *bur- 'fly'

Notes: Cf. EDE II 107-8, 142, 413

Number: 2366

Proto-Semitic: *bur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: kind of insect

Akkadian: *bŭ̄rtu (in burt/di šamh̊at) 'caterpillar' SB [CAD b 333], būrta/i šam/nh̊at 'eine Insektenlarve' [AHw. 141]. // Known from lexical lists (= Akk. h̊arsapnu) and a very difficult passage from Vassal treaties of Asarhaddon where it appears in a substantially different form (bur-di šá-h̊i, Wiseman Treaties 579). According to von Soden, to be interpreted as 'im Brunnen ist sie üppig' (apparently analysed as būrt-iš 'in the well' + šamh̊at 3 f. sg. stative from šamāh̊u 'to flourish') which is hardly convincing even for a folk etymology (for a critique of the above analysis cf. e.g. [Borger 193]). The approach adopted in [CAD] is more attractive: "Possibly a foreign word interpreted by the ancients as a descriptive term, "fat cow"". As the Gur. parallels show, this original faunal term might have been genuine Semitic rather than foreign.

Gurage: Muh. burä, Cha. Gyt. bura, Eža bʷǝra, Enm. bũra 'insect that eats the root of the äsät' [LGur. 150, 729], Eža bǝre, Cha. bre 'insect (such as a bug or a louse that eats human excrements or // cereal)' [ibid. 150].

Notes: Cf. a number of semantically comparable forms possibly developed from this biconsonantal root: Amh. bǝrrabǝrro (birrabirro) 'butterfly' [K 882]; Arb. burām- 'tique' [Blachère 582], [Fr. I 114], [LA XII 45], Tgr. bǝram 'tick' [LH 275] (probably an Arabism); Arb. nibr- 'teigne; mouche ou autre insecte qui incommode les chameaux et dont la piqûre cause une enflure' [BK 2 1183], [Fr. IV 231], [LA V 189]; Arb. habūr- 'araignée', habbūr- 'petite fourmi' [BK 2 1380], [Fr. IV 362], [LA V 249].

Proto-Berber: *-bVrriw

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'locust' 1, 'cricket' 2

Rif: a-b_arru 2, Snhj a-barru 2

Menasser: a-bǝrru 1, Wars a-bǝrriw 1

Iznassen: a-barru 1

Snus: a-bǝṛṛu 1 DRB

Notes: Tmzgh a-burri 'criquets capables de voler' DRB

Proto-WChadic: *bur-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mosquito'

Dera=Kanakuru: burù-k [Kr N 182]

Gera: bur-sì [Kr]

Proto-CChadic: *(m-)bara ~ *bVbV(H)r(Vm)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'locust' 1, 'bug' 2, 'mosquito' 3, 'gadfly' 4

Hwona: mbèra 'locust'

Mbara: ḅòḅór 'punaise de lit'

Mofu-Gudur: Gudur beber 'taon' Brt 1988

Zime-Batna: bùbùrùm 'mosquito' [Sa]

Masa: bara 'locust'

Banana: barà 'locust'

Notes: EDE II 142

Proto-EChadic: *bV(H)rbV(H)r-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bug' 1, 'mosquito' 2, 'dragon-fly' 3

Lele: ḅòrḅór 'punaise'

Dangla: W. Dng bòròŋ 'grosse mouche vert', bìrìbìnò ~ bìrìnò 'libellule'

Bidiya: burburuŋ 'coléoptère', bùrbùrùm 'ver sp. (volant)'

Sokoro: bóborō 'Wanze' (bug)

Notes: EDE II 142, 413 (Lele erroneously as CCh)

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *barw-at-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bee'

Notes: Elm báruat 'bee' Heine 1973

Proto-South Cushitic: *baʔar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bee, fly'

Iraqw (Mbulu): baʔārmō, pl. baʔri

Alagwa (Wasi): baʔar-amo

Notes: EDE II 108

Proto-Omotic: *bur- @EMPTY

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fly' (n.)

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