Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bVʔ(bVʔ)-
Meaning: k. of antelope, wild sheep or goat
Notes: Cf. SCu *bēʕ- 'sheep, livestock' > Irq Gor bḗʕi [Wh], beʔi [E], Alg bēʕi [Wh], beʔi [E] 'sheep', Brn bēʔ-imo, pl. bēʔ-a [Wh], bēʕ- [Fl], Kwz baʔamuko 'ewe lamb'. Cf. HSED 278 *bibab-: Akk., Angas. Cf. Dolg ND 185. Related to Afras. *ʔab- '(young) goat, kid' (3515) or *ʔV-bVʔ- 'cow, antelope' ?