Proto-Semitic root
*dubb-
‘bear’
di Mino’s gloss: bear, she-bear
Record 2153 ↗ · SED semet 2372 · Basis: SED
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes16 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadiandabû (dabbu), fem. dabītu OB on [CAD d 17], OAkk. on [AHw. 148]gloss withheld
- Eblaiticda-bù(-um), dab6-bù = AZ [MEE 4 870a] (see [Kreb. 33], [Civil Ebla 90]).dab₆-bù /dabb/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 139)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic8
- Ugariticdb (?) [DULAT 258]gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaicdōb ‘bear’ (BDB 1087)
- Hebrewdōb (HALOT 207, 208), pB. [Ja. 282] (also dubbā [Ja. 1712]).gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaicdōb (det. dubbā) [Ja. 282], [Levy TW 159], [Levy WTM I 370], dwb [DJPA 140a apud CAL].gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicdebbā ‘bear’ [Brock. 138], [PS 805].
- AramaicAnc. dbhh [HJ 238]gloss withheld
- Modern AramaicMlḥ. debo, Hrt. debba, Krd. dɨbba, NSyr. dibâ, Azr. dibba, Ass. dıba, JNA dıbba, Tlk. dɨbba, Tur. dēbo, dibbe (SED II 94)
- Amoritedabbu (?) (George and Krebernik 2022, 151, 154)dubb: cf. place name du-ub-ba-aᵏⁱ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 139)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian5
- Tigredǝbb [LH 526].gloss withheld
- Geezdǝbb [LGz. 119].gloss withheld
- Amharicdǝbb [K 1774].gloss withheld
- Tigrinyadǝbbi ‘bear’ [Bass. 774].
- Jibbalidíb (Nakano 1986: 117 apud SEDonline 623)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.