Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *biʒ-
Meaning: sun, day
Low East Cushitic: BAY barāǯ-a 'star' (hardly unrel. to *beʒ/ǯ-; with -r- inserted? Cf. also NOmot: Dokka bɛrse id.)
High East Cushitic: SID bedd-akko 'star'<*beʒ/ǯ- (cf. Kambatta bezze, BRJ biz-iiḳo 'small star')
Omotic: DIZ bī́z, DIM bez 'star'
