Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕagab- ~ *gVbVʕ- 'buffalo/bull' (?)

Meaning: bull

Semitic: *ʕagab- ~ *gʷabay- 'buffalo' (?)

Egyptian: *gVbVʕ- 'bull' (met.?)

Beḍauye (Beja): *ʔagab- (<*ʕagab-) 'buffalo'

Central Cushitic (Agaw): *kabg- (<*gabgab- <*ʕVgab-?) 'buffalo' (?)

Saho-Afar: *ʕagab- 'buffalo'

Notes: Cf. Bla. Beja Fauna, 1 (Beja; Saho; Bil.;Tgr.). The similarity of the Eth., Beja and Saho forms makes one suspect an areal term, borrowed from Eth. to Beja and Saho or from one of the latter languages to Eth. The Bilin form, if related, does not look a loan. The Egyptian parallel, though metathetic, allows, with reservations, for preserving this root.

Semitic etymology :

Number: 2661

Proto-Semitic: *ʕagab- ~ *gʷabay-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'buffalo'

Tigre: ʕagäba, ʕagäbatat LT 488

Tigrai (Tigriñña): gʷäbay Bass. 875

Notes: A Cushitism?

Egyptian etymology :

Old Egyptian: d_bʕ

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'bull' (math) HSED 2661

Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: ʔágaba

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'Büffel(ochs)'

Notes: Rein. Beḍ.,

Central Cushitic (Agaw) etymology :

Proto-Agaw: *kabg- (<*gabgab- <*ʕVgab-?)

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'buffalo'

Bilin: kabga 'Büffel' Rein. Bil., 221

Notes: Cf. Bla. CL, 2, where *g > Agaw g:k

Saho-Afar etymology :

Proto-Saho-Afar: *ʕagab-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'buffalo'

Saho: agaba 'Büffel, Bubalus vulgaris' Rein. 1887, 211

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