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High East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-High East Cushitic: *bur-
Meaning: 'partridge'
Burji (Bambala, Dashe): búr-o
Notes: Sass Bur 44
hecet-prnum,hecet-meaning,hecet-bmb,hecet-notes,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bar-
Meaning: quail; partridge; dove
Notes: Cf. EDE II 431-2. Probably, a separate root *(m/ʔa-)bar- 'crane, egret' must be reconstructed including Eg bꜣ 'jabiru', W.Ch Jimbin abur- 'crested crane' and Dahalo mbāre 'egret'
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-brb,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-ech,afaset-hec,afaset-dhl,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2370
Proto-Semitic: *bVr-
Meaning: kind of bird
Hebrew: barbūr 'a bird fattened to be eaten by king Solomon' [KB 154]. // Hapax in 1R 5.3 in the "additional list" of meat animals forming Solomon's diet (lǝbad mēʔayyāl ūṣǝbī wǝyaḥmūr ūbarbūrīm ʔăbūsīm 'apart from deer, gazelle, roe and fattened b.'). While the context itself does not provide explicit evidence for understanding b. as a kind of bird, there is an old tradition of its understanding in this way (cf. Jerome's avium altilium).
Tigrai (Tigriñña): bareto 'tortorella' [Bass. 315].
Amharic: baret, bareto 'pigeon, dove' [K 884].
Notes: Not very reliable. The Arb. forms ʔabū burbur 'cuckoo' and birbir 'chicken' are not present in the available dictionaries of Classical Arabic (for the last term v. [Baranov 63]).
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-hbr,semet-tgy,semet-amh,semet-notes,
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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *barr-
Meaning: 'quail' 1, 'partridge' 2
Tawllemmet: ta-bǝrr-ut 1
Rif: a-barran 'perdrix mâle'
Qabyle (Ayt Mangellat): bururu 'owl' (prob. descr.)
brbet-prnum,brbet-meaning,brbet-twl,brbet-rif,brbet-qbl,
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: bꜣ (a)
Meaning: 'kind of bird', 'jabiru'
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *bVr-
Meaning: 'quail' 1, 'dove' 2, 'crested crane' 3 , 'green pigeon' 4
Hausa: bì/ùrabir̀à 1, birbiri 4, baru 'pigeons' (Sk Hs 18)
Kifri=Giwo: mbìrù 2 [St]
Gera: búurì 4 [SchB]
Ngizim: bàrí 4 `domestic pigeon' [SchN]
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-hsa,wchet-krf,wchet-ger,wchet-ngz,
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *bVr-
Meaning: 'k. of bird' 1, 'wild pigeon' 2
Bura: biberwi 1 [Ann]
Mada: olbo ̀(< *obro) 2 [BaMd]
cchet-prnum,cchet-meaning,cchet-bur,cchet-bld,
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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *bar-/*birbir-
Meaning: 'partridge'
Lele: bíríbírí Veuve dominicaine [WP]
Dangla: W. báàrè (m) 'perdrix (Francolin)' [JgM], E. bàrré (f) 'perdrix'
Migama: bàaré 'perdrix' [JgM]
Bidiya: bìrbìríny (f) 'caille'
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-lle,echet-dng,echet-mig,echet-bid,
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Dahalo etymology :
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Dahalo: mbāre
Meaning: 'egret'
dhlet-prnum,dhlet-meaning,
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