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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʔanbab-
Meaning: plant, flower
Notes: Cf. HSED 43
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-wch,afaset-agw,afaset-sho,afaset-lec,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1423
Proto-Semitic: *ʔanbab-
Meaning: 'fruit, flower, shoot'
Hebrew: *ʔēb 'shoot; plants which are still growing in the ground'HAL 2
Biblical Aramaic: *ʔănēb or *ʔeb 'fruit' ("<Akk i/enbu 'fruit' <*ʕinb- 'grape' Hbr, Arb.)
Judaic Aramaic: ʔabbēb 'make ripen', ʔibbā, ʔībā 'growth, fruit', ʔinǝbbā 'fruit, produce'
Syrian Aramaic: ʔebbāʔ- 'fruits'
Mandaic Aramaic: (?) ʕbabia, ʕbibia 'fruits' DM 340
Arabic: ʔabb- 'pré, prairie' BK 1 2
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔababā 'perfume, sweet odor'
Tigre: (?) ʕǝmboba 'flower'
Tigrai (Tigriñña): (?) ʕǝmbaba 'flower' (n.), ḥanbäbä 'flower' (v.)
Amharic: abäba 'flower'
Argobba: abäba 'flower'
Gafat: abäba 'flower'
East Ethiopic: Zw ambäba 'flower'
Gurage: Ms Gog abäba, So abäbo 'flower'
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *ʔanbib-
Meaning: 'flower'
Pero: ànbíbì [FrP]
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-per,
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Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :
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Proto-Agaw: *Ha(m)bab-
Meaning: 'flower' 1, 'to blossom' 2, 'to perfume the milk jar with the smoke of sweet-smelling herbs' 3
Bilin: amboobaa 1, ambab- 2
Qemant: ambaab 1, abäb 3
Notes: SIFKYa 235
agwet-prnum,agwet-meaning,agwet-bil,agwet-kem,agwet-notes,
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Saho-Afar etymology :
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Proto-Saho-Afar: *ʔambāb-, pl. *ʔanbōb-
Meaning: 'flower'
Saho: ambaab, pl. anboob
Afar (Danakil): ambaab, pl. anboob
shoet-prnum,shoet-meaning,shoet-saho,shoet-afar,
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *abab-
Meaning: 'kind of flower'
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,
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