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Proto-MSA
*bry - to give birth
(Kogan 2015:551)
Either to be considered denominative from Proto-MSA
*bVr-
‘son’ or identified with the PCS verbal root
*brˀ/*bry
‘to shape, to create’. The semantic shift “to build” > “to bear” is well documented for Akk.
banû
(Kogan 2015:551)
Words
Mehri
bərō
- to bear
(ML 54)
Jibbali
bíri
- to bear
(JL 28)