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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḫ/ḥup/bin- (?)
Meaning: fist, handful; five
Semitic: *ḥupn- 'hollow of the hand, handful; fist'
Central Chadic: *bin- 'arm' 1, 'hand' 2, 'feather' 3, 'arm from ellbow to wrist' 4 (or rel. to Ara. bnn 'finger'?)
Low East Cushitic: *ḥubin- 'limb' 1, 'muscle' 2, 'power, strength' 3
Warazi (Dullay): *ḫubin- 'five'
Mogogodo (Yaaku): ḫoopi 'five' <*ḫub- (<Dull.?)
Notes: Semantic difference and phonetic variations in Anlaut and Inlaut make the comparison highly problematic. Cf. Bla Review 502.
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