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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: wbꜣ (pyr)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'pierce'
Notes: Initial w- may stand for a rounded root vowel or represent a suffix.
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,egyet-notes,

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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *biʔ-
Meaning: pierce
Egyptian: wbꜣ 'pierce' (pyr)
Western Chadic: *ḅiyu- < *biʔu- 'pierce'
Central Chadic: *ba/iHi- 'prick' 2, 'pierce' 1 , 'make holes' 3
Notes: Cf. Eg wbꜣ (pyr) 'open' <AA *bVway/ʔ-
afaset-meaning,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-notes,

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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *ḅiyu- < *biʔu
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'pierce'
Warji: ḅiy [SkNb]
Kariya: ḅiya [SkNb]
Diri: ḅuu
Miya: ḅiy [SkNb]
Pa'a: ḅi [SkNb]
Siri: ḅiyu [SkNb]
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-wrj,wchet-kry,wchet-dir,wchet-miy,wchet-paa,wchet-sir,

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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *ba/iH-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'prick' 2, 'pierce' 1 , 'make holes' 3
Daba: buh 1 [Kr N 395]
Logone: báa 3 [LkL] durchlochen
Buduma=Yedina: biù, bī́hu 3 [LkBud]
Zime-Batna: ḅí 2 [Sa]
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-dab,cchet-log,cchet-bud,cchet-zbt,

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