*ˀVbbVl- - kind of bird (SED II No. 3)

Akkadian

ibbiltu - a bird (CAD I 1, AHw. 363)

Exact definition is difficult, see Salonen 1973 137, 193 ("ein schwalbenähnlicher Vogel").

Arabic

ˀabābīl- - (pl.) nom d'oiseaux fabuleux (name of fabulous birds) (BK 1 5)

The Arabic word is attested as a name of a mythical bird in the Qurˀanic passage 105.3.

Geez

bābil - name of a fictious bird (CDG 85)

"certainly an Arabism" (SED II 5).

Tigre

ˀambäla - Webervogel (WTS 355)

Tigre

nab(ə)l, nabil (pl. ˀanabəl) - a bird of prey (WTS 329)

May be related.

Amharic

amballa - a white aquatic bird which travels in flocks (K 1128)

Commented upon as "a Tigre word"