Semitic etymology :

Number: 730

Proto-Semitic: *ḫaŝab-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'timber'

Arabic: ḫašab-

Notes: Delabialized vowel of the second syllable

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḫa(n)ĉab-

Meaning: wood

Semitic: *ḫaŝab- 'timber'

Western Chadic: *C̣abag- 'long thin sticks o f firewood' 1, 'long slender stick, swich' 2

Low East Cushitic: *hanc̣ab- 'kind of bush' (?) (cf. Sem nṣb)

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *C̣abag-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'long thin sticks o f firewood' 1, 'long slender stick, swich' 2

Hausa: c̣ā́bā́gè 1, cábgà 2

Notes: NmK: màyé (bina = 'bathing) 'to take bath'. The meaning of maye itself is not clear.

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *hanc̣ab-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of bush' (making good firewood) Gragg 199

Oromo (Galla): (h)anc̣abbii

Notes: "Inlaut -c̣- may be a result of secondary emphatization caused by the laryngeal". Hardly so - cf. Sem *nṣb

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