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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bVkʷay-
Meaning: k. of insect
Semitic: *bukay- 'kind of insect, worm'
Berber: *bVk(k)iw 'worm'
Western Chadic: *buk- 'cockroach'
Low East Cushitic: *bok- 'mosquito, gnat'
High East Cushitic: *bok- 'mosquito' (unless < Or)
Dahalo (Sanye): *ḅeket- 'butterfly'
Notes: Cf. EDE II 354: Eg (NE) bt_.w 'Bez. der Giftschlange und des Apophis' compared to Berb. and NBch *b-k(ʷ/y) 'snake' after Jung-Sim (not in Sk NBch), Ngz mbiikḍà 'snake'. Cf. Dolg ND 190 (Sem. *baḳḳ- comp. to Oromo bookee)
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