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Number: 68
Proto-Semitic: *būḥ-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: phallus; genitalia
Arabic: būḥ- 'organes de la génération (tant de l'homme que de la femme)' [BK 1 177]
Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab bḥt 'votive phallus (?)' [SD 33], Qat bḥt '(phallus?) votive object' [Ricks 24]
Notes: Scarce attestation: ARB and ESA only (interpretation of both terms as 'phallus' is problematic); possibility of an inter-borrowing cannot in principle be ruled out.

    [DRS 51]: ARB, ESA

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