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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ʕapy-
Meaning: (pupil of the) eye
Borean etymology: Borean etymology
Semitic: *ʕap(ʕap)- 'pupil of the eye'
Omotic: *Ha(y)pi 'eye'
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Semitic etymology :

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Number: 2004
Proto-Semitic: *ʕ/ɣap-(ʕ/ɣap-)
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: pupil of the eye (eye-lids, eye-lashes, pupil)
Eblaitic: (?) íb-íb-ba-tum (equated to SUM SIG7.GI.ZI 'pupil of the eye'?) [DLU 84]
Ugaritic: ʕpʕp 'pupila, niña del ojo' [DLU 84]
Hebrew: ʕapʕappayim (dual) 'eye-lashes' [KB 861]; PB 'eye-lids' [Ja 1100].

    The meaning 'pupil' has been proposed for some Biblical contexts (see discussion [ibid.])

Arabic: ʕafāʔ- 'tache blanche dans la prunelle de l'oeil' [BK 2 304]; ɣufāt- 'tache blanche qui survient à la pupille de l'oeil' [ibid. 486]
Notes: Scarcely attested and semantically diverse; interpretation in EBL, UGR and HBR problematic.

    Note a non-reduplicated stem and variation *ʕ/ɣ in ARB.

    [DLU 84]: UGR, HBR, EBL; [KB 861]: HBR, UGR

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Omotic etymology :

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Proto-Omotic: *Ha(y)pi
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'eye'
Ometo: Wol, Zala ayfiya, Gofa ayfe (Lamb-Sott 1997, 308)
Kafa (Kaficho): aafo
Mocha: aafo
Anfillo (Southern Mao): aafo
Nao: apu
Dime: aappo
Ari: Bako aaffi
Hamer: aap-
Karo: afi
Notes: Bla Review 500
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Long-range etymologies :

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Borean (approx.) : HVPV
Meaning : eye, pupil of the eye
Afroasiatic : *ʕapy- pupil of the eye, eye
Amerind (misc.) : *pi (actually *(a)pi) 'see; eye' (R 609) [+ A]
Notes : Same root as *pVHV 'child'?
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