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\data\semham\semet
Number: 1933
Proto-Semitic: *ʔi/abr-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: sycamore
Arabic: ʔibrat- 'figuier sycomore' (BK 1 3)
Geʕez (Ethiopian): burat 'olive tree'
Amharic: abʷar 'tree like the warka' (Kane 1990, 1194; considered by Leslau in LGur. 9 a loan of Or. habru, abru, harbū 'sycamore', which is less likely in view of the cognate Arb. term; warka means 'sycamore' Kane 1990, 1508)
East Ethiopic: Wol. abro 'k. of tree' (LGur. 9; compared by Leslau, with hesitations, to Amh. abʷar)
Gurage: + 'olive tree'
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-ara,semet-gzz,semet-amh,semet-east,semet-gur,

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