Afroasiatic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ǯu/ib-an- 'tail'

Meaning: tail; back

Borean etymology: Borean etymology

Semitic: *d_Vb(b)-(ān)- 'tail, back'

Low East Cushitic: *ǯaban- 'back'

Omotic: *ǯu/iban- 'tail' 1, 'body' 2

Notes: Cf. metathetic Sem. *d_a/inab-(at-) 'tail' SED 64.

Number: 143

Proto-Semitic: *d_Vb(b)-(ān)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: tail, back

Akkadian: Cf. zibbānu '(sheep) with a large tail' SB [CAD z 100], [AHw 1523].

Both sources connect it with zibbatu 'tail' (see *d_a/inab- 'tail', No. ), but this would imply the form *zibbatānu and not zibbānu; in principle, the latter adjective may preserve an archaic form without the feminine suffix -at, though its interpretation as a derivative of the present root should not be disregarded

Arabic: d_ubābat- 'la queue' [BK 1 763]; d_uʔābat- 'queue; toupet' [ibid. 760], with different triconsonantization patterns

Geʕez (Ethiopian): zabān 'back, back part, tail' [LGz 631]

Tigre: zǝban 'back' [LH 499]

Tigrai (Tigriñña): zǝban 'dorso, schiena' [Bass 732]

Notes: Scarce evidence; phonetically problematic.

The AKK word may be alternatively related to *d_a/inab- 'tail' (No. ). ETH *zVbān- 'back' is also comparable to ARB zabbūnat- 'cou' [BK 1 972] to reconstruct SEM *zabV̄n- {} *ʒabV̄n- 'back, neck'.

Cf. *d_a/inab- 'tail' (No. ).

[LGz 631]: ETH, ARB (zaban- 'side, lateral part', zabbūn 'neck')

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ǯaban-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'back'

Somali: daban, dial. zaban, d_aban (Rein. Som) 'Rücken'

Notes: Cf. Oromo daban-killie 'Rebhuhn' compared in Bla Review 501 to the Som. forms quoted above. Has it anything to do with 'tail'?

Proto-Omotic: *ǯu/iban-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'tail' 1, 'body' 2

Mocha: dubano 2

Banna: doobanna 1

Hamer: dubaana(a) 1

Karo: dibini 1

Borean (approx.) : CVPV

Meaning : tail, back

Afroasiatic : *ǯu/ib-an-

Notes : So far noted only in SH.

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