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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : PVNV
Meaning : water
Eurasiatic : *bVnV ?
Afroasiatic : *buʕun- ?
Amerind (misc.) : *pan 'water' (R 830)
globet-meaning,globet-nostr,globet-afas,globet-amer,

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Nostratic etymology :

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Eurasiatic: *bVnV ?
Meaning: wash
Borean: Borean
Altaic: Turk. *ban- 'dip'
Kartvelian: *ban-
Dravidian: SDr *vaṇ- 'washerman' (4365)
References: МССНЯ 349; ND 206 *ba[ln̄]V (with rather strange SH parallels).
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Kartvelian etymology :

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Proto-Kartvelian: *ban-
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: мыть(ся)
English meaning: to wash
Georgian: ban
Georgian meaning (Rus.): мыть(ся)
Georgian meaning (Engl.): to wash
Megrel: bon
Laz: (m)bon
Notes and references: ЭСКЯ 48, EWK 43 (EWK, видимо, справедливо отделяет сван. bar-). Иллич-Свитыч (МССНЯ 349) с вопросом сравнивает основу с драв. *maṇṇ- "мыть"; сравнение (с реконструкцией ностр. *mańV) возможно, если предположить в картвельском диссимиляцию *ban- < *man- (следует учесть недопустимость в картвельском корней типа *MVN-). С другой стороны, Бомхард (1996, 222) сравнивает картв. основу с кельт. *bann- 'капля', драв. *pan_- 'роса, мочить'.
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Afroasiatic etymology :

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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *buʕun-
Meaning: rain, sky
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Egyptian: bʕn 'sky waters' (pyr)
Western Chadic: *fiwan- < *fiHʷan- (or < *bHn)- 'rain'
Central Chadic: *bun-/*Pan-H 'rain' 1, 'cloud' 2
East Chadic: *bun-H- 'God of the rain' 1, 'sky' 2, 'God'
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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: bʕn (pyr)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'sky waters'
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *fiwan- < *fiHʷan- (???possibly < *bHn)-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'rain'
Mupun: fwán [Fr]
Sura: fwan [Jg]
Angas: fwan [Fl]
Ankwe=Goemai: fuaan [Fp]
Gerke=Yiwom: fien [Fp]
Jimi: hwan [Cs]
Mangas: hwaan [Cs]
Sayanchi: von [Cs]
Guruntum: vwan [Jag]
Kir: fwan [Kr]
Tala: faan [Cs]
Notes: velarization of p-(the regular reflexof Ch *b-) in the sura gr. by assim. with a laryngeal, reflex in the SBauchi gr. is irregular (but a loan from sura)
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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *bun- /*Pan-H-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'rain' 1, 'cloud' 2
Mofu-Gudur: var 1, 2 (*--n- >-r#) [BaMof]
Gisiga: vaŋ 1 [Luk]
Mulwi: vanay 1 [BaMaf]
Munjuk: faŋ 1[TrMnj]
Daba: vàn 1 [Kr]
Musgu: faŋ 1[Luk]
Gidar: būna 1 [Mo]
Zime-Batna: bùŋ-ōr 1 [Sa]
Masa: Cf. Kulung bina 'rain' [Luk]
Notes: Cf. WCh *fwan- & CCh *Pan-H / ECh *bun-& CCh *bun-. ? morphological variants
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *bun-H-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'God of the rain' 1, 'sky' 2, 'God' 3
Dangla: buŋ 2 [Fd]
Migama: búŋ 1, 2 [JMig]
Jegu: boŋ 2, 3 [Jg]
Bidiya: bùŋ 3 [JBid]
Mubi: bùn 2 [Lk: 188]
Toram: bùŋ 3 [Alio]
Notes: Metathesis.
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