*bdw: 'desert'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*bdw
Meaning	'desert'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	bādiyat, badw 'a desert' (Lane 172)	Lane 172
Geez	badw; badā; badwa (LGz. 87)	LGz. 87	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	bädäyä (LGz. 88)	LGz. 88	gloss withheld

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Notes

SD 26 reads Sab bdt 'open country' under *BDW; Biella 36 takes bdt as a misreading for bythmw. Some modern Ethiopic forms (bäda, bädäw) are probably from Arabic (LGz. 88).

Updated 26 October 2026

*bdw: 'desert'

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