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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *baw/yar-
Meaning: 'red fig-tree'
Migama: báàrá 'figuier (rouge)' ( Jungraithmayr & Adams 1992, 68)
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-mig,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *baw/yar-/*ʔi/abar-
Meaning: fig-tree
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-brb,afaset-wch,afaset-ech,afaset-bed,afaset-lec,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 1933
Proto-Semitic: *ʔi/abr-
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'
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-ara,semet-gzz,semet-amh,semet-east,semet-gur,
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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *ʔi/abVrir
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
brbet-prnum,brbet-meaning,brbet-ghd,brbet-siw,brbet-awj,brbet-ahg,brbet-notes,
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West Chadic etymology :
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Proto-WChadic: *ʔVbawr-
Meaning: 'fig-tree, fig-fruit'
Hausa: ḅaure 'fig-tree, fig-fruit' (Abraham 1965, 91)
wchet-prnum,wchet-meaning,wchet-hsa,
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Bedauye (Beja) etymology :
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Bedauye: bīr
Meaning: ' Dumpalm'
Notes: (Reinisch 1895, 50; <*bVyVr?)
bedet-prnum,bedet-meaning,bedet-notes,
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *baw/yar-
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)
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,lecet-som,lecet-oro,lecet-bon,lecet-rnd,
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