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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: bꜣḥ (pyr)
Meaning: 'penis', 'in front of'
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *b(Vʔ)uḥ- (?)
Meaning: front part of body; penis
Notes: Unreliable in Sem; meaning shift in Ch is highly hypothetic.
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-egy,afaset-cch,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 68
Proto-Semitic: *būḥ-
Meaning: phallus; genitalia
Arabic: būḥ- 'organes de la génération (tant de l'homme que de la femme)' [BK 1 177]
Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab bḥt 'votive phallus (?)' [SD 33], Qat bḥt '(phallus?) votive object' [Ricks 24]
Notes: Scarce attestation: ARB and ESA only (interpretation of both terms as 'phallus' is problematic); possibility of an inter-borrowing cannot in principle be ruled out. [DRS 51]: ARB, ESA
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-ara,semet-sar,semet-notes,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *baHu- (?)
Meaning: '(in) front' 1, 'ahead' 2
Mbara: ḅóy 1
Buduma=Yedina: bahú 2 [LBud]
Notes: Semantically risky, though not impossible.
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-mba,cchet-bud,cchet-notes,
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