Proto-Semitic root
*barr-
‘wheat’
di Mino’s gloss: wheat, grain
Record 1797 ↗ · SED semet 1931 · Basis: SED
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
Mehri barr ‘maize’ (JM 51; acc. to Johnstone, from Arb.). Amh. bər ‘stubble, stalks of wheat or barley’ (AED 875) stands in 3291 *burʕ- ‘reed, reed mat’ (SEDonline 1741).
Reflexes7 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianburru (HSED 224) (CAD B 330)gloss withheld
- Eblaiticbù-ur-tum (VE 81; Conti 1990: 75; Kogan 2012: 247 apud SEDonline 436)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic1
- Hebrewbār (HALOT 153)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicburr- ‘wheat’ (BK 1, 103)
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab. br (SD 31; Sabaweb lemma 2432)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian2
- Soqotribor (LS 98)gloss withheld
- Jibbalibohr (Kogan 2011, 203)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.