Dahalo etymology :

Dahalo: ḅeket_t_o, pl. ḅeket_t_oma

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'butterfly'

Notes: EEN 33 ("PSC. Similar in Bantu")

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bVkʷay-

Meaning: k. of insect

Semitic: *bukay- 'kind of insect, worm'

Berber: *bVk(k)iw 'worm'

Western Chadic: *buk- 'cockroach'

Low East Cushitic: *bok- 'mosquito, gnat'

High East Cushitic: *bok- 'mosquito' (unless < Or)

Dahalo (Sanye): *ḅeket- 'butterfly'

Notes: Cf. EDE II 354: Eg (NE) bt_.w 'Bez. der Giftschlange und des Apophis' compared to Berb. and NBch *b-k(ʷ/y) 'snake' after Jung-Sim (not in Sk NBch), Ngz mbiikḍà 'snake'. Cf. Dolg ND 190 (Sem. *baḳḳ- comp. to Oromo bookee)

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2365

Proto-Semitic: *bukay-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: kind of insect

Akkadian: bukānu (bukannu) 'an insect' SB [CAD b 308], 'ein Wurm' [AHw. 136]. // Only in lexical lists (also in the combination išid bukāni), see [Landsberger Fauna 130]. In both [AHw.] and [CAD] identified with bukānu 'pestle' which does not look convincing in view of the Sem. parallels (see already [Landsberger Fauna 130]: 'die Beziehung [of bukānu 'pestle'] auf die Wurmart ist mir unklar'; cf. also discussion in MSL 2 113-5).

Hebrew: pB. bukyā 'the spider' [Ja. 145], [Levy WTM I 198], bīkay 'name of a spider' [Ja. 161].

Gurage: Zwy. bōke 'gnat' [LGur. 135]. // Treated as a Cushitism by Leslau who also quotes Tna. bǝkʷ (absent from [Bass.]).

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *bVk(k)iw

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'worm'

Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): ti-bkiw-t, ta-bekkiw-t 'ver' DRB I 52

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *buk-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'cockroach'

Bokos: bùko [JgR]

Notes: EDE II 354: Dera békò 'a tree parasite' = Hs káúčì 'the tree-parasite Loranthus pentagona' (Abr Hs 505) is a parasite plant mistaken for a parasite insect or worm.

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *bok-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'gnat'

Oromo (Galla): bookee Gr 56

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *bok-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mosquito, gnat'

Sidamo: bookke HEC 102. Unless < Or

Darasa (Gedeo): bōke LGur 135

Notes: Gideʔo booke. a k. of a very small insect Lamb Wol 458 (erroneously comp. to Wol mukuwa)

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