Semitic etymology :

Number: 1972

Proto-Semitic: *baḥakʷ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'goat'

Geʕez (Ethiopian): baḥakʷ (pl.ʔabḥākʷ, ʔabāḥǝkʷ), bǝḥkʷ male of cattle,ram, billy goat LGZ 91

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *baḥakʷ-

Meaning: male goat

Semitic: *baḥakʷ- 'goat'

Egyptian: bḥk 'antelope' (?)

Central Chadic: *babak- ~ *boHok- 'he-goat'

East Chadic: *buk/g- 'male goat'

Beḍauye (Beja): bok, book (<*bV(H)Vk?) 'he-goat'

Notes: Chad.and Beja may be alternatively reconstructed with *-ḳ in Auslaut. Cf. HSED 309 *boḳ- (Mafa, Bed.); EDE II, 285; Bla. Beja Fauna, 5-6

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: (?) bḥk

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Lencorynx-Antilope' GW Müller 1896, 207 (not in E-G), apud EDE II, 285

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *babak- ~ *boHok-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'he-goat'

Mafa=Matakam: Mafa ḅ(w)ɔ́ɔ̀k 'goat', Bl. Beja 6 apud Schubert, Hurzo bábàk 'he-goat' ibid. apud Rossing; Matakam bok Skin. DAC

Masa: bok-ŋa Skin. DAC,

Notes: Acc. to Stolb. 1996, 24, "medial laryngeals caused secondary emphatization of initial b- (*bVHVC- > ḅVHVC- > ḅVC-)".

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *buk/g-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'male goat'

Sokoro: buko, bugo 'male goat' Sk. Dom An., 175

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: bok, book (<*bV(H)Vk)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'he-goat'

Notes: Bla Beja, 5 (apud Huds., Rein.). It is not clear whether -k in Beja continues only *-k or also *-ḳ. Acc. to Dolg. 1976, 331, *-ḳ- > Beja -ʔ/0-; acc. to Bla. CL, 2, *ḳ > Beja ḳ; and acc. to EDE I, 269, *ḳ > Beja k. As for the Inlaut -ḥ- postulated for the present root, all three sources postulate *ḥ > Beja h, which still needs verification

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