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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bar- > *barr-/baʔr-
Meaning: k. of cereal, corn
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-brb,afaset-egy,afaset-wch,afaset-cch,afaset-ech,afaset-lec,afaset-scu,afaset-dhl,afaset-omo,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1931
Proto-Semitic: *barr-
Meaning: wheat
Hebrew: bār '(clean, threshed) grain' (HAL 153)
Syrian Aramaic: bar-t- 'egg'
Arabic: burr- 'froment' (BK 103)
Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. br 'wheat' (SD 31)
Amharic: bǝr 'stalk (of barley, wheat); straw'
Mehri: barr 'maize' (JM 51; acc. to Johnstone, from Arb.)
Soqotri: bor 'froment' (LS 98)
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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *bVra
Meaning: 'sorgho'
Ahaggar (Tahaggart): a-bôra 'sorgho à gros grain' (Foucauld 1951-1952, 84)
Tawllemmet: E. a-bōra 'sorgho' (Nicolas 1957, 22)
Zenaga: būru 'pain' (Nicolas 1953, 180)
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: bꜣ.t
Meaning: 'eine Körnerfrucht' Pyr.- MK (EG I 416, 418)
Coptic: (S) ebra, (B) bray 'grain de céréales et d'autres plantes' (Vycichl 1983, 39)
Notes: bꜣy (MK) 'kind of pastry' , brry (n) 'bread'
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *(ʔi-)buʔr-
Meaning: 'k. of cereal'
Hausa: iburo 'a cereal' (Bargery 1934, 472; <*ʔibur-?)
Angas: ḅwèr 'yam' (<*buʔr-)
Pero: ḅwɔrɔ̂ŋ 'millet' (Kraft; <*buʔr-Vn, cf. ḅárà 'stalk' Frajzyngier 1985, 21)
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Central Chadic etymology :
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Proto-CChadic: *bVyr(bVyr)-
Meaning: 'maize, ground nut'
Bachama: Bač. byàra 'ground nut' (Kraft; <*bVyar-)
Logone: bāberā 'maize' (HSED No. 265; redupl. <*barber-)
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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *baʔr-
Meaning: 'Pennisetum millet'
Tumak: ḅar 'Pennisetum millet' CP
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ʔV-mbVr-
Meaning: 'oats'
Oromo (Galla): omborii 'oats' (Gragg 1982, 305; <*ʔV-mbVr-?)
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South Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-South Cushitic: *bar-
Meaning: 'grain'
Burunge (Mbulungi): baru 'grain (generic)' (Ehret 1980, 338)
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Dahalo etymology :
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Dahalo: ḅùru
Meaning: 'maize'
Notes: (Ehret, Elderkin & Nurse 1989, 34; <*buʔr-?)
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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *bar-
Meaning: 'maize'
Mocha: bàro 'maize' (Leslau 1959,22)
Anfillo (Southern Mao): baro 'maize' (Leslau 1959,22)
Ongota: ? bora 'seed'
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