Number: 1964
Proto-Semitic: *bib(b)-
Meaning: 'wild sheep; kudu-antelope'
Akkadian: bibbu 'wild sheep' SB [CAD b 217], 'eine Art Mufflon' [AHw. 124]. // In lexical lists (= Sum. UDU.IDIM) and a limited number of literary texts. It is assumed that b. was also used to denote planets and comets as well as a kind of epidemic disease. For more details see [Salonen Jagd 191ff.], [Landsberger Fauna 95].
Geʕez (Ethiopian): Cf. bāb 'goat's milk' [LGz 85]
Tigre: buba 'koodoo (antelope)' [LH 286].
