*brbr: 'pillage, plunder; attack, assail'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*brbr
Meaning	'pillage, plunder; attack, assail'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Geez	barbara; barbar, barbār (LGz. 102)	LGz. 102	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	bärbärä (LGz. 102)	LGz. 102	gloss withheld
Tigre	bärbära (LGz. 102)	LGz. 102
Amharic	bäräbbärä (LGz. 102)	LGz. 102
Gurage	bəräbärä (LGz. 102)	LGz. 102
Epigraphic South Arabian	brr (LGz. 102)	LGz. 102	gloss withheld
Modern Aramaic	barber (LGz. 102)	LGz. 102	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Homonym of 1301 *barbar- 'wolf, jackal', 2436 *barbār- 'lion' and 4520 *barbar- 'pepper'.

Updated 5 November 2026