Austric etymology :

Proto-Austric: *pVs

Meaning: snake

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Proto-Austroasiatic: *bolh (also pVjh poison)

Austroasiatic meaning: snake

Proto-Austronesian: *upas (cf. also *nipay snake)

Austronesian meaning: poison, venom, snake

Austronesian code: 24:34

Proto-Thai: bɨa.B to poison fish

Austro-Asiatic etymology :

Proto-Austro-Asiatic: pVjh

Meaning: poison

Austric etymology: Austric etymology

Thai: bɨa.B to poison fish

Proto-Katuic: *b[e:jh] / *bi:jh

Proto-Bahnaric: *bʔijh

Khmer: bis < OK wiṣa

Khasi: pih poison

Katuic etymology :

Proto-Katuic: *b[e:jh] / *bi:jh

Meaning: poison

Presyllable: #

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Proto-West Katuic: *bih

Proto-East Katuic: *pi:jh

References: TK6.16

Notes: some forms may be borrowed from KMR bi:s

West Katuic etymology :

Proto-West Katuic: *bih

Meaning: poison

Presyllable: #

Katuic etymology: Katuic etymology

Bru Van Keu: pih

Bru Van Keu meaning: poison

So: pi:h.B

So meaning: (TL)

Bru: pih.B E?

Bru meaning: a sack-tree

Kui: phih.B

Kui meaning: poison

Kuay: phih.B

Kuay meaning: to poison

East Katuic etymology :

Proto-East Katuic: *pi:s

Meaning: poison

Presyllable: # / CǝN-

Katuic etymology: Katuic etymology

Pakoh: pi:h

Pakoh meaning: type of tree that is poison for arrows or traps

Lao Katu: phi:s I?

Lao Katu meaning: poison

Ngeq: pi:h

Ngeq meaning: poison

Kri: pi:h

Chatong: pi:h

Bahnar etymology :

Proto-Bahnaric: *ʔbĭjh

Meaning: snake

Presyllable: #

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Bahnar: ʔbih

Bahnar meaning: snake; bih poison

Proto-North Bahnaric: *bVjh.T TR?

Proto-South Bahnaric: *bih

Proto-West Bahnaric: *bih

Proto-Northwest-Bahnaric: *bijh

Harak: bih

Cua: vɔlh snake V?

References: PNB-494, SPT, JS-368, TB2.19

North Bahnaric etymology :

Proto-North-Bahnaric: *bVjh.T

Meaning: snake

Bahnaric etymology: Bahnaric etymology

Rengao form: bajh.L V?

Rengao meaning: snake

Jeh form: bajh.T

Jeh meaning: snake

Sedang form: pah.L

Sedang meaning: snake

Hre form: bih.L

Hre meaning: snake

Mo'dra: bajh.T

Didra: beh.T

References: PNB-494, GS-57

South Bahnaric etymology :

Proto-South Bahnaric: *bih

Meaning: snake

Bahnaric etymology: Bahnaric etymology

Chrau form: bih

Chrau meaning: snake

Stieng form: beh

Stieng meaning: snake

Other SB languages: Köho bǝs

References: SBS-810

West Bahnaric etymology :

Proto-West- Bahnaric: *bih

Meaning: snake

Bahnaric etymology: Bahnaric etymology

Jaru form: bih

Jaru meaning: snake

Lavi: pih.B

Juk: bih

Brao form: bih

Brao meaning: snake

Other WB languages: TRI mbis T?

References: JS-368

North-West Bahnaric etymology :

Proto-North-West- Bahnaric: *bijh

Meaning: snake

Bahnaric etymology: Bahnaric etymology

Tariang: bis, bɨs

Kaseng: bis, bič

Yaeh: bih

Harak etymology :

Proto-Harak: *bijh

Meaning: snake

Bahnaric etymology: Bahnaric etymology

Harak: bih

Alak: phih

Khmer etymology :

Khmer: bis

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Old Khmer: wiṣa

Old Khmer Meaning: poison

Comments: Sk

References: P449

Pearic etymology :

Proto-Pearic: *re:ŋ.N

Meaning: oil

Presyllable: pǝ-

Austro-Asiatic etymology: Austro-Asiatic etymology

Chong: pre:ŋ.A

Chong meaning: oil

Song: pri:ŋ.A V?

Song meaning: oil

Suoi Kompong: khlań

Long-range etymologies :

Borean (approx.) : PVCV

Meaning : snake

Afroasiatic : *bač(-an)- snake

Austric : PAA *bolh (*bojh), PAN *upas 'snake'

Notes : ? PAA > PST *phŭ 'snake'

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bač(-an)-

Meaning: snake

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *bat_an- 'snake'

Low East Cushitic: *(ʔa-)bVs- 'serpent, snake'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2363

Proto-Semitic: *bat_an-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: snake

Eblaitic: ba-ša-nu-um [MEE IV 0031]. // In a monolingual lexical list among other snake names (identified with the present root in [DLU 123]).

Ugaritic: bt_n, bt_nt 'serpiente, dragón' [DLU 123]. // The commonest term for this animal in Ugr. denoting both real snakes (as in 1.82:6: bt_nm ʔuh̊d bʕlm 'catch the snakes, оh bʕl') and a mythical snake-dragon (as in 1.5 I 1-3: ktmh̊ṣ ltn bt_n brḥ // tkly bt_n ʕḳltn // šlyṭ d šbʕt rʔašm 'when you smote ltn, the fugitive snake // destroyed the crooked snake // the ruler (?), that of seven heads'; note the remarkable parallelism with Akk. bašmu below).

Arabic: bat_an- 'coulevre, serpent' [BK 2 85], [Fr. I 84], but_n- 'genre de reptile' [Blachère 376] (not in national lexicography).

Notes: The Ebl.-Ugr.-Arb. isogloss must be considered a sufficiently solid base for postulating *bat_an- as the earliest PS form; accordingly, only these forms appear in the main section of the present root. According to [KB 165], here also belong Hbr. bāšān in Dt 33.22 (dān gūr ʔaryē // yǝnazzēḳ min habbāšān) and Ps 68.23 (ʔāmar ʔădōnāy mibbāšān ʔāšīb // ʔāšīb mimmǝṣūlōt yām), to be differentiated from the well-known GN bāšān 'Bashan'. On the second passage where b. is supposed to parallel the deified Sea (yām) see [Sasson 401-2]. Finally, Arm. Anc. btn 'serpent' is postulated and defended in [Fitzmyer 89] for the difficult passage KAI 222A 32 (cf. [HJ 1024] for a good number of other suggestions). // At the same time, a number of clearly related forms displaying various phonetic irregularities are attested in other languages: Common Aramaic *patn- 'snake' (Jud. pitnā 'asp, adder' [Ja. 1255], ptn 'snake' [Sok. 456], Sam. ptn 'snake' [Tal 718], Syr. patnā 'vipera, aspis' [Brock. 618], pattānā [PS 3345]). Hbr. pätän 'horned viper' [KB 990] (pB. 'asp, adder' [Ja. 1255]), a relatively rare poetic term, is commonly thought to be an Aramaic loanword (for a not fully convincing argumentation see [Wagner 97]); Ebl. ba-ša-mu-um = Sum. MAH.MUS̆ [Fronzaroli Ebla Lexicon 138] (ЭТО НАДО ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНО ДОСТАТЬ!), Akk. bašmu 'a horned serpent; the constellation Hydra' OB on [CAD b 141], [AHw. 112] (an exlusively mythical aquatic reptile with six mouths and seven tongues, cf. [Lansberger Fauna 58] and [Humbert]). Sum. US̆UM must be in some way connected with bašmu but this problem needs further clarification; Muh. buttǝyamat, Eža Cha. butyamat, Enm. butǝyämata, Gyt. butyämata 'viper' [LGur. 164]. // [Fron. 296]: *bat_m- 'serpente velenoso' (Arb., Syr., Ugr., Akk.); [KB 990]: Hbr., Arm., Ugr., Arb., Akk.; [DLU 122]: Ugr., Hbr., Arm., Ebl. (-m-, -n-), Akk.; [Landsberger Fauna 58]: Akk., Syr., Hbr., Arb., Ugr.; [Firmage 1156]: Hbr., Ugr., Arm., Arb. (considered an Aramaism).

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ʔa-bes-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'kind of serpent'

Somali: abeso

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