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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bVʔ(bVʔ)-
Meaning: k. of antelope, wild sheep or goat
Semitic: *bib(b)- 'wild sheep; kudu-antelope'
Western Chadic: *bVʔ(bVʔ)- 'duiker' (or < *ʔV-bVʔ- 'cow, antelope'?)
South Cushitic: *baʔ- 'k. of antelope'
Dahalo (Sanye): *babaʔ- 'bushbuck'
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' ?
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