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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ǯa(m)b-
Meaning: fly (n.)
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Semitic: *d_umb- 'fly' (n.)
Berber: *ʒa(m)b- 'fly' (n.) 1, 'horse-fly' 2
Egyptian: zb.t (ME) 'kind of insect, parasite'
Western Chadic: *ǯVb- 'bee'
Central Chadic: *ǯab(VH)- 'locust in the hopper state' 1, 'termite' 2, 'fly' (n.) 3
East Chadic: *ʔVǯimb- 'bee'
High East Cushitic: *biziz-'beetle' ~ *buzabuz- 'gnat' (met.)
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 235
Proto-Semitic: *d_VbVb-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'fly' (n.)
Hebrew: zǝbūb 'flies' [KB 261], pB. [Ja. 378]. // In Is 7.18 (yiŝrōḳ YHWH lazzǝbūb ʔăšär biḳṣē yǝʔōrē miṣrayim YHWH will whistle at the fly which is on the extremity of the streams of Egypt) and Qoh 10.11 (zǝbūbē māwät 'flies of death'). The well-known combination baʕal zǝbūb is discussed in [KB] (with references to earlier studies).
Aramaic: dībābā 'fly' [Ja. 294], [Levy WTM I 371], 'Fliege, Bremse' [Levy WT I 159].
Syrian Aramaic: dabbābā, debbābā 'musca', dabbābītā 'oestrus' [Brock. 138], [PS 805] (also debbā 'musca').
Arabic: d_ubāb- 'mouche; abeille' [BK 1 762], [Fr. II 79], [Lane 952], [LA I 382].
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Berber etymology :

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Proto-Berber: *ʒVb-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'fly' (n.) 1, 'horse-fly' 2
Ghat: a-zǝb(b) 1
Ayr: e/i-zǝb 1
Ahaggar (Tahaggart): a-hǝb 1
Tawllemmet: i-zǝbb 1
Taneslemt: i-zǝbb 2
Izayan: i-zǝb_ 2
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Egyptian etymology :

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Old Egyptian: zb.t (ME)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'kind of insect, parasite'
Bohairic: sip
Sahidic: sib
Notes: MK 'vermine', Dem. 'vermine, pou' Vyc. 183; translated as 'Hautkrankheit' and 'Schmutz' in EG III 432
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West Chadic etymology :

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Proto-WChadic: *ǯVb-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'bee'
Tangale: Cf. sɔmbɔ 'house fly' [JgT]
Buli: Cf. šimbi 'firefly' [Cs N 292]
Ngizim: zhɛboa CLR II 18
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Central Chadic etymology :

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Proto-CChadic: *ǯab(VH)-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'locust in the hopper state' 1, 'termite' 2, 'fly' (n.) 3
Bura: ǯeba 1
Fali Gili: žiḅi 3 [Kr]
Gudu: ǯáḅà-cù [Kr: 78] 2
Bata: ǯẹ́bi 3 [CLR: 149]
Notes: Cf. Tera zàḅà 2 [Kr: 6] (<*ʒ-).
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East Chadic etymology :

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Proto-EChadic: *ʔVǯimb-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'bee'
Migama: ʔǯîmbè [JMig]
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High East Cushitic etymology :

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Proto-High East Cushitic: *biziz- ~ *buzabuz- (met.)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'beetle' 1, 'gnat' 2
Burji (Bambala, Dashe): bizizee 1, buzabuzo 2
Notes: HEC 26, 71
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : HVLTV
Meaning : a k. of insect
Eurasiatic : Alt. *č`i̯ū́p`a ( ~ -u)
Afroasiatic : *ǯa(m)b- fly (here also Eg. zby louse)
Notes : Apparently an Alt.-SH isogloss.
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