Semitic etymology :

Number: 68

Proto-Semitic: *būḥ-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

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

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *b(Vʔ)uḥ- (?)

Meaning: front part of body; penis

Semitic: *būḥ- phallus; genitalia (?)

Egyptian: bꜣḥ (pyr) 'penis', 'in front of'; cf. ỉbḥ Pyr 'tooth'

Central Chadic: *baHu- '(in) front' 1, 'ahead' 2 (?)

Notes: Unreliable in Sem; meaning shift in Ch is highly hypothetic.

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: bꜣḥ (pyr)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'penis', 'in front of'

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *baHu- (?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: '(in) front' 1, 'ahead' 2

Mbara: ḅóy 1

Buduma=Yedina: bahú 2 [LBud]

Notes: Semantically risky, though not impossible.

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