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*burr- - wheat
(Fronzaroli 1969b, pp. 12, 27, 34, Kogan 2011: 203, Kogan 2012: 246)
Words
Akkadian
burru
- (a cereal)
(CAD B 330, AHw. 140)
See most recently Kogan 2012: 246 (perhaps a West Semitism).
Ebla
bù-ur-tum
- (a cereal)
(VE 81; Conti 1990: 75; Kogan 2012: 247)
an entry in the bilingual lexical list from Ebla, =sum. ninda.géme
Hebrew
bar
- grain, cereal
(HALOT 153)
Arabic
burr-
- wheat
(Lane 176)
Sabaic
br
- (a cereal, probably wheat)
(SD 31, Sima 2000, pp. 200–202)
Mehri
barr
- (a cereal)
(ML 51)
Jibbali
bohr
- (a cereal)
(JL 27)
Soqotri
bor
- a cereal, probably maize
(
LS
98;
CSOL I
519;
CSOL II
434;
Wehr
49;
Behnstedt
69)