Bedauye (Beja) etymology :

Bedauye: bīr

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: ' Dumpalm'

Notes: (Reinisch 1895, 50; <*bVyVr?)

Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *baw/yar-/*ʔi/abar-

Meaning: fig-tree

Semitic: *ʔi/abr- 'sycamore'

Berber: *ʔi/abVrir 'flower of male palm'

Western Chadic: *ʔVbawr- 'fig-tree, fig-fruit'

East Chadic: *baw/yar- 'red fig-tree'

Beḍauye (Beja): bīr ' Dumpalm'

Low East Cushitic: *baw/yar- 'river palm'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1933

Proto-Semitic: *ʔi/abr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: sycamore

Arabic: ʔibrat- 'figuier sycomore' (BK 1 3)

Geʕez (Ethiopian): burat 'olive tree'

Amharic: abʷar 'tree like the warka' (Kane 1990, 1194; considered by Leslau in LGur. 9 a loan of Or. habru, abru, harbū 'sycamore', which is less likely in view of the cognate Arb. term; warka means 'sycamore' Kane 1990, 1508)

East Ethiopic: Wol. abro 'k. of tree' (LGur. 9; compared by Leslau, with hesitations, to Amh. abʷar)

Gurage: + 'olive tree'

Berber etymology :

Proto-Berber: *ʔi/abVrir

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'flower of male palm'

Ghadames: eb_rǝr 'être fécondé (palmier)', ab_erīr 'fleur de palmier mâle' (Lanfry 1973, 20)

Siwa: ss-urr 'féconder un palmier'

Audjila: še-b_rer (caus.) 'féconder un palmier'

Ahaggar (Tahaggart): ehǝrǝr , pl. ihǝrâr ' fleur de palmier mâle' (compared in Prasse 1969, 68)

Notes: Kossm. 1999, 118. <*ʔi/abVrir, with a partial reduplication of the stem; alternatively <*ʔVHwVrir

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *ʔVbawr-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'fig-tree, fig-fruit'

Hausa: ḅaure 'fig-tree, fig-fruit' (Abraham 1965, 91)

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *baw/yar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'red fig-tree'

Migama: báàrá 'figuier (rouge)' ( Jungraithmayr & Adams 1992, 68)

Low East Cushitic etymology :

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *baw/yar-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'river palm'

Somali: báar 'tree top; Commelina spec.' (<*báàr 'river palm' Heine 1979, 183); beer 'garden' Heine 1978, 54

Oromo (Galla): ? habru, abru, harbū 'sycamore' (LGur. 9; the form habru/abru may continue *ʔabru or be an Amharism, which is less likely because of the difference in pattern; in Gragg 1982, 202, only metathetic harbuu and arbuu 'large fig-tree' are adduced)

Boni: beer 'garden' Heine 1978, 54

Rendille: báàr 'Hyphaene coracea Gaertn., Palmae' (<*báàr 'river palm' Heine 1979, 183)

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