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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *b/pi(n)č̣ur- ?
Meaning: pudenda
Semitic: *bi(n)t_̣a/ur- 'clitoris, vagina'
Central Chadic: *[b]ič̣Vr- > *ḅičVr- (met.of emph.)/*pičVr- (assim.) > čVPVr- 'testicles'
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 1739
Proto-Semitic: *bi(n)t_̣a/ur-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: clitoris, vagina
Akkadian: biṣṣūru 'female genitals' OB, SB [CAD b 268], [AHw 131] (-ṣṣ- may point to *-nṣ-)
Arabic: bund_̣ur-, baid_̣ar-, bad_̣r-, bad_̣ar- 'clitoris' [BK 1 139].

    The often cited form baḍr- do. ([AHw], [Holma] above) is not attested in [BK]

Notes: Reliable, though attested only in AKK and ARB.

    Note a variety of forms in ARB.

    [DRS 61], [AHw 131], [Holma 101]: AKK, ARB

semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-akk,semet-ara,semet-notes,

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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *[b]ič̣Vr- > *ḅičVr- (met.of emph.)/*pičVr- (assim.) > čVPVr-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'testicles'
Bura: šipil[Ann]
Chibak: ncula [Kr]
Kilba: šípèlì [Kr]
Margi: šìpɨ̀l̀ [Kr]
Wamdiu: šipili [Kr]
West Margi = Margi putai: pčila/mčila [Kr]
Higi Baza: sùḅulɔ [Kr]
Higi Nkafa: sùbɨlɛ [Kr]
Higi Ghye: sɨ̀ḅulɛ [Kr]
Fali Gili: šimpuři [Kr N 65]
Kapsiki=Higi Kamale: sɨ̀pùlɛ [Kr]
Daba: bīlīs [Lnhr]
Gude: šìpìrínǝ [Hs]
Fali Jilvu: fčerin [Kr N 65]
Fali Muchella: fučuru [Kr N 65]
Notes: initial b- is still preserved in Daba (due to promotion of the liquid), and in the higi gr. A met. of emphasis: *bVč̣Vr- > *ḅVčVr- (or > *ṗVčVr-) is highly probable. The trace of the emphatic could be seen in Chibak (-c- < -C̣- only), note typical of Chadic languages metath.: PVS > SVB and regress. assim. of a labial: pVS- > fVS-.
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