Number: 224
Proto-Semitic: *ʔVbbVl-
Meaning: 'kind of bird, dove'
Akkadian: ibbiltu 'a bird' SB (CAD I 1, AHw. 363); Salonen 1973 137, 193 ("ein schwalbenähnlicher Vogel"); bulīlu 'a species of crested bird' SB (CAD B 310, AHw. 137)
Arabic: ʔabābīl- 'nom d'oiseaux fabuleux' (BK 1 5); bulbul- 'rossignol' (BK 1 157, Fr. I 149, Lane 245, LA XI 68)
Tigre: ʔambäla 'Webervogel' (LH 355); bäla 'a small brown bird' (LH 268); cf. nab(ǝ)l, nabil (pl. ʔanabǝl) 'a bird of prey' (LH 329)
Amharic: bullal 'dove' (K 862), ʔamballa 'a white aquatic bird which travels in flocks' (K 1128) Commented upon as "a Tigre word"
Gurage: Msq. Gog. Sod. Wol. bullal, Muh. bulle, Eža bunnǝyät, Cha. Gyt. bunyät, Gyt. bunwät, Enm. Gyt. bunār, Enm. bunǝyäd, End. bunnarä 'pigeon' (LGur. 141
