# \*ʾanbab-: 'fruit, flower, shoot'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾanbab-, 'fruit, flower, shoot': reflexes in 14 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾanbab- |
| Meaning | 'fruit, flower, shoot' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1423 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ʔabb- 'meadow, prairie' BK 1 2 | BK 1 2 |  |
| Tigre | (?) ʕǝmboba |  | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | (?) ʕbabia, ʕbibia DM 340 | DM 340 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | Zw ambäba |  | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | Ms Gog abäba, So abäbo |  | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | \*ʔēb (HALOT 2); ʾābīb (Kogan 2011, 201) | HALOT 2; Kogan 2011 201 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | abäba |  | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʔabbēb, ʔibbā, ʔībā, ʔinǝbbā (DJPA 2 apud CAL) | DJPA 2; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʔebbāʔ- |  | gloss withheld |
| Gafat | abäba |  | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | abäba |  | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | (?) ʕǝmbaba (n.), ḥanbäbä (v.) |  | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | ʾib (Kogan 2011, 201) | Kogan 2011 201 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | αβιβ, in αβιβ λαβον (Krahmalkov 28) | Krahmalkov 28 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

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

## Linked from

- [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>)

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