Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *bas-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'be bad'

Awiya (Aungi): bas-ǝn

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *baʔas-

Meaning: be rotten, be bad

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *bVʔaš- 'be rotten' 1 , 'be poor' 2

Western Chadic: *baʔas- 'stink' (n.) 1, 'bad' 2

Central Chadic: *bas- `angrily refuse to do smth., to speak' 1, 'anger, angry' 2

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *bas- 'be bad'

Low East Cushitic: *baʔas- 'spoiled, rotten'

High East Cushitic: *buš- 'bad'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 930

Proto-Semitic: *bVʔaš-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'be rotten' 1, 'be poor' 2

Hebrew: bʔš 1

Arabic: bʔs [-a-] 2

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *baHas-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'stink (n.)' (> another root), 2 'bad'

Hausa: bā́šī́

Diri: ḅāsā 2

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: ------*bVs-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: `angrily refuse to do smth., to speak' 1, 'anger, angry' 2

Boka: ----------------

Hwona: ---------------------------------

Daba: bàs 1 [??]

Gude: busǝ [Hs]

Notes: Two roots; 'evil, angry' and 'rotten'

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *baʔas-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'spoiled, rotten'

Somali: baas

Oromo (Galla): busaaʷa (-)

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *buš-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bad'

Sidamo: buša

Notes: Secondary vocalism?

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : PVCV

Meaning : bad, evil

Eurasiatic : *bVHCV

Afroasiatic : *baʔas-

Nostratic etymology :

Eurasiatic: *bVHCV

Meaning: bad

Borean: Borean

Indo-European: *bhous- (Germ.)

Altaic: Mong. busa-ki 'bad, wicked'

Uralic: ? *pečV 'nasty'

Kartvelian: *bɣeź- (+ *beʒ́ɣ-?)

References: Dolg. 1969, 307, ND 169 *bVG[ĉ̣]V 'bad, wicked' (Kartv. + Arab. baɣīδ̣̂- 'hate'), 259 *bu(ʔ)Vs̄V 'bad' (IE, Mong + SH).

Uralic etymology :

Number: 1495

Proto: *pečV

> Nostratic: > Nostratic

English meaning: dirty, nasty

German meaning: unrein; hässlich, garstig

Mordovian: pežet́ (E), pičä, pižä (M) 'Sünde'

Udmurt (Votyak): pož (G) 'trüb, unrein (v. Flüssigkeiten)'

Komi (Zyrian): pež (S SO) 'unrein, unflätig, häßlich, garstig, schlecht; Schmutz, Unreinigkeit; поганый, нечистый; погань, скверна'

Kartvelian etymology :

Proto-Kartvelian: *bɣeź-

Nostratic: Nostratic

Georgian: bɣez-

Georgian meaning (Rus.): злой (гур.)

Georgian meaning (Engl.): evil (Gur.)

Notes and references: Долгопольский (1969, 307) сравнивает с ПИЕ *bhous- 'плохой', монг. *busa id. < ностр. *buGśV.

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