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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *baʔraw/y-
Meaning: k. of antelope
Berber: *-baray 'young of antelope'
Western Chadic: *baraw/y- ~ *babar- 'k. of gazelle'
Central Chadic: *bVʔVr- 'k. of gazelle'
East Chadic: *mbur 'k. of antelope'
Low East Cushitic: *bayr- 'antilope, musk deer'
South Cushitic: *baʔur- 'oryx'
Dahalo (Sanye): *biʔir- 'water buck sp.' (met.?)
Omotic: *bVrVw- 'gazelle'
Notes: Related to *(ʔa-) bVr(Vy/w)- 'bull'? Or < *bVʔ-/*bVʔbVʔ- plus -Vr- suffix? Cf. Tak. II, 55 (separates *b-r-w ~ *b-r-y: Brb.; Kaffa; Hs from *b-h-r: Amh. bahor ~ bohar DRS 49; Som., Brg.; WCh Paa Siri; Lele) Mil. 1990, 42-43; HSED 217 (Hgr., Hs, Paa Siri; "prob. rel. to Som & Bur."). Cf. Dolg ND 225a.
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