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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: ʕwbbw
Meaning: 'kind of fish' (reg)
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕubub-
Meaning: fish
Notes: Cf. HSED 1117 (Eg. and Angas). In EDE II 175, the Chad forms (Sura, Mupun, Log and Ndam) are alternatively comp. to Eg bw.t 'Art Fisch' = 'Barbus bynni'.
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-ech,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2338
Proto-Semitic: *ʕabVw-
Meaning: kind of fish
Akkadian: abūtu 'a fish' OB on [CAD a1 93], [AHw. 9]. // For a detailed discussion v. [Salonen Fischerei 150]. According to Salonen, a. denoted two different fish species, a sea fish (Polydactylus tetradactylus) and a freshwater one (Barbus Xanthopterus). The Akk. word is thought to be borrowed from its Sum. designation UBI which needs to be proved in view of the Soq. parallel below. // According to [AHw.], another fish name abūtānu (OB on) is derived from the present term whereas in [CAD a1 48] this word is rendered as abbuttānu and derived from abbuttu 'a characteristic hair style' (v. discussion in [Salonen 1970 149], supporting the latter approach).
Soqotri: ʕāba 'a carp-like fish' [NP 52], ʕába 'a small blue and red fish' [ibid. 53].
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-akk,semet-soq,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *Hibwab- (> bibwab-)
Meaning: 'fish'
Hausa: íbṓbṓ name of a tiny fish
Mupun: pūpwáp [FrM] ( < bubwab < bibwab-, vowel assim.)
Sura: púpwáp [JgS]
Angas: buup [Fl] , bwoop [Or]
Fyer: pupwap [JgR] < Sura.
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-hsa,wchet-gwn,wchet-sur,wchet-ang,wchet-fyr,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *bawbaw-
Meaning: 'k. of fish'
Logone: bwabwa 'poisson Paraphiocephalus obscurus' (kotoko dial.)[Lebeuf J.P. 'Vocabulaires kotoko:Makari, Goulfei, Kousseri, Afade]
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-log,
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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *ba-
Meaning: 'fish'
Ndam: bá [CLR]
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-ndm,
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