Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: daaʔbi

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'breeding male' (HuB), dʔabi 'stallion, male (of all kinds of domestic cattle) kept for breeding' (Rp)

Notes: Bla Beja Fauna, 7

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *dab(b)ay-

Meaning: cattle; calf; buffalo

Semitic: *dabab/y- 'calf'

Egyptian: db (med) 'horn' (?)

Beḍauye (Beja): *daʔabi 'breeding male (of all kinds of domestic cattle)'

Low East Cushitic: *dibi 'calf, young bull'

Notes: In the Cush. forms, *d- may alternatively originate from *ǯ- to compare to Sem *(ʔa)d_abb(Vy)- 'buffalo; heifer': Arb d_abb-, ʔad_abb- 'buffle' [BK 1 762-3]; Sel. Wol. zäbay 'calf bigger than radä, heifer' [LGur 702]. Cf. Bla. Beja Fauna, 7-8. Cf. HSED, 2661 *ǯibaʕ- 'bull': Oromo; Log. 'cattle tax' (in fact, an Arabic loan); and Eg d_bʕ 'bull' (the postulated correspondence Eg. d_ <*ǯ lacks proof).

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2659

Proto-Semitic: *dabab/y-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'calf'

Arabic: dabab- 'veau qui vient de naître' [BK 1 662]

Harari: däbāy 'female calf, heifer' [LHar 53]

East Ethiopic: Zwy. ǯibičča 'young bull' [LGur 312]

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: db (med)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'horn'

Coptic: *tap

Bohairic: tap

Sahidic: tap

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *dibi

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'calf, young bull'

Somali: dibi, dubǝ 'calf' Bla Beja Fauna, 7, apud Lamb. 1986, 205, 215, 224; dibi 'bull' Abr. Som.

Oromo (Galla): Wellega dibi-cca 'young bull' Bla Beja F, 7 apud Lamb. 1986, 205, 215, 224

Boni: Bla Beja F, 7 apud Lamb. 1986, 205, 215, 224

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