Omotic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Omotic: *bar(bar)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'thigh' 1, 'lap' 2

Kafa (Kaficho): borboroo (Cer) 1

Ari: Ubamer barr 1 (Flem), Jinka bar 1, 2 (Bend & Tully)

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bar(bar)-

Meaning: (bone of) leg, arm

Semitic: *ʔi-bar-at- ~ *bar(bar)- 'bone(s) of a foreleg/forearm; radius'

Central Chadic: *bawar- 'leg' 1, 'shin' 2

Low East Cushitic: *barbar- 'side' 1, 'shoulder' 2

Omotic: *bar(bar)- 'thigh' 1, 'lap' 2

Number: 2601

Proto-Semitic: *ʔi-bar-at- ~ *bar(bar)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: bone(s) of a foreleg/forearm; radius

Akkadian: ibrētu (pl. t.) 'radius and ulna (the two bones of the human forearm)' SB [CAD i 5], [AHw 363]

Hebrew: pB. ʔēbär 'limb, part'

Syrian Aramaic: ʔebrā 'membrum'

Arabic: ʔibrat- 'os magni nervi in tibia hominis' [Freytag 1 3], 'radius; (du.) les deux phalanges du cheval' [Blachère 7-8]

Amharic: bǝrri 'bone above the hoof of a cow' [K 875]

Gurage: MUH bärrä, GOG SOD bǝrrä 'thigh' [LGur 149].

Also CHA bänä, EŽA bännä, ENN GYE bäñä, END MSQ bäññä [ibid.]; on -n(n)- <*-rr- cf. [ibid. LI]

Soqotri: berbéroh 'cuisse' [LS 94] (redupl.)

Notes: It is not quite clear whether ETH and SOQ examples reflect an original root with no *ʔi- prefix or they have lost *ʔi (to be then treated as part of the root).

[DRS 81]: SOQ, GUR (also ARB DIAL forms discussed in *(ʔi-)bu/ar-, No. ); [LGur 149]: GUR, SOQ; [LS 94]: SOQ, GUR (ARB DIAL as in [DRS])

Proto-CChadic: *bawar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'leg' 1, 'shin' 2

Bachama: m̀bwàrà (CLR 221) 1

Bata: Garwa baare (Strümpel) 2

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *barbar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'side' 1, 'shoulder' 2

Somali: barbar 1

Rendille: bárbar 2

Notes: Heine 78, 75 (from Bla Review)

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