East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *bVl(l)ah-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mare; donkey'

Lele: bila-he 'donkey' HSED, 90 (-h as a suffix needs proof)

Migama: báàlé f., pl. bállállì 'mare' Jung. Mig., 68

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *(ʔV-)bVl-

Meaning: camel; equid

Semitic: *ʔibil-at- 'camel'

Berber: *(H)abal '(young) camel'

Central Chadic: *bVlHin- 'donkey' (cf. also *mbil- 'elephant')

East Chadic: *bVl(l)ah- 'mare; donkey'

Beḍauye (Beja): balāb- (<*balbal-) '2-3 years old camel'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *bayl-/*biHl- 'mule'

High East Cushitic: *buHul- 'mule'

Omotic: (?) *bull- 'mule'

Notes: In Cush., borrowing of the terms for 'mule'from Eth or Arb is possible. Cf. *bil(bil)- 'elephant/rhinoceros/buffalo'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2333

Proto-Semitic: *ʔibil(-at)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: camel

Arabic: ʔibl-, ʔibil- 'chameaux, race de chameaux' [BK 1 5], [Lane 8], [LA XI 3] (cf. [Hommel 139ff.]).

Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. ʔbl (f. ʔblt) 'camel' [SD 1]. // Qat. ʔbl 'male camel' [Ricks 3], ʔblt 'female camel' [ibid.]. // Evidence from both ESA languages amply discussed in [Sima 11ff.].

Mehri: ḥǝ-ybīt 'she-camel' [JM 2].

Jibbali: yǝt 'she-camel' [JJ 1].

Harsusi: ḥǝ-ybīt id. [JH 1].

Notes: An areal Arabian term, a Common Semitic origin is unlikely (but see [DRS 3] where *ʔ/hibil- 'chameau, troupe de chameaux', peut-être 'bête de somme' is apparently reconstucted as PS). According to [Sima 18], possibly borrowed from a non-Semitic source. // Cf. Syr. hǝbālǝtā 'grex (camelorum)' [Brock. 170], habbālā 'pastor camelorum' [ibid.], with a rarer variant ʔebālǝtā 'grex camelorum' [ibid. 3-4] (according to [Nöldeke 1879 1268], the Syr. forms are a decisive argument in favour of the Common Semitic backround of the present root). // Akk. ibilu 'Arabian camel, dromedary' SB [CAD i 2], [AHw. 363] is a late literary term of limited frequency (though, pace [Sima 18], attested not only in lexical lists) and is hardly genuine in Akkadian (cf. discussion in [CAD] s.v.). // [DRS 3-4]: Akk., Arb. (also ʔlb 'rassembler les chameaux'), ESA, Syr., Jib. // + [Johnstone Definite Article p. 300]!

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *(H)abal

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: '(young) camel'

Ghat: abal 'chameau en âge d'être monté' N-Z, 53

Ayr: abal, pl. abalăn 'chameau noir et court d'une race particulière' (also 'autruche mâle') Aloj., 6

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ăbal, pl. âbalǝn 'jeune chameau', tăbalt 'chamelle de selle d'âge qcq.' F. 57; N-Z 53

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *bVlHin-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'donkey'

Mesme: Zime blehine 'donkey' Kr., 216 (?)

Notes: (Cf. also *mbil- 'elephant' Blaz. Elephant, 197)

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: baláabu (=batabun)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: '2-3 years old camel'

Notes: Bl. Beja, 6 apud Clark, SNR 21 [1938], 21

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *bayl-/*biHl-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mule'

Qwara: beela 'Maultier' Rein. Qw.,

Qemant: bäyla 'mule' ZL

Notes: Bla. Beja Fauna, 5, traditionally combines these forms with other Agaw forms like Bil. baqla, Kham. biqla, Kem. pl. bäqǝl, etc. Strangely, neither Bla. himself, nor other available sources postulate CCush. *-ḳ (< Afras. *-ḳ) or any other velar yielding -y- or 0 in Qw. and Kem. (cf. Bla. CL, 2, where *ḳ> Agaw k/q)

High East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-High East Cushitic: *buHul-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mule'

Kambatta: buula, pl. buulla 'mule' Bla. Beja Fauna, 5, apud HG

Omotic etymology :

Proto-Omotic: *bull-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'mule'

Ometo: Janj. bullō 'mulo' (<amarico baqlo) Cer. III, 70

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