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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *bawVd-
Meaning: sorcerer
Semitic: *ba/ud- 'oracle priest' 1, 'pagan temple, idoleum' 2, 'one who causes harm by means of the evil eye' 3
Western Chadic: *bad- 'sorcerer' (?)
East Chadic: *bu-buḍ- 'curse'
Central Cushitic (Agaw): *bawVd- 'witch-doctor' 1, 'verwolf' 2
Saho-Afar: *bud- < *bVwVd- 'witch-doctor'
Low East Cushitic: *bawVd- 'witch-doctor'
High East Cushitic: *bud- 'who has evil eye', 'potter' 2
Omotic: *bud- < *bVwVd- 'witch-doctor'
Notes: An Ethiopism in Cush and Om is possible. Cf. *bud- 'hate (v.)'.
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