*ʾanbab-: 'fruit, flower, shoot'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*ʾanbab-
Meaning'fruit, flower, shoot'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 1423

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicʔabb- 'meadow, prairie' BK 1 2BK 1 2
Tigre(?) ʕǝmbobagloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaic(?) ʕbabia, ʕbibia DM 340DM 340gloss withheld
East EthiopicZw ambäbagloss withheld
GurageMs Gog abäba, So abäbogloss withheld
Hebrew*ʔēb (HALOT 2); ʾābīb (Kogan 2011, 201)HALOT 2; Kogan 2011 201gloss withheld
Amharicabäbagloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicʔabbēb, ʔibbā, ʔībā, ʔinǝbbā (DJPA 2 apud CAL)DJPA 2; CALgloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicʔebbāʔ-gloss withheld
Gafatabäbagloss withheld
Argobbaabäbagloss withheld
Tigrinya(?) ʕǝmbaba (n.), ḥanbäbä (v.)gloss withheld
Ugariticʾib (Kogan 2011, 201)Kogan 2011 201gloss withheld
Punicαβιβ, in αβιβ λαβον (Krahmalkov 28)Krahmalkov 28gloss withheld

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Notes

Biblical Aramaic *ʔănēb or *ʔeb 'fruit' (<Akk i/enbu 'fruit' <*ʕinb- 'grape' Hbr, Arb.) (CAL s.v. ʾb#4). LGz. 2 gives Geez ʾababā (T.M) 'perfume, sweet odor', probably from Amharic abäba 'flower'.

Updated 22 October 2026

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