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*dVbr- - bee
(SED II No. 66; Kogan 2011: 125)
Words
Hebrew
dəbōrā
- (wild) honey-bee
(HALOT 208)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
zibbūrā
- hornet
(DJBA 405b)
Syriac
debbortā
- wasp
(LSyr. 140, SL 269)
Maalula
ḏapparīṯa
- Biene (bee)
(GNDM 20)
Turoyo
dibburo
- hornet, wasp
(Kuipers 1983: 252)
Turoyo
deburo
- Wespe, Hornisse (wasp, hornet)
(RW 117)
Arabic
dabr-, dibr-
- swarm of bees
(Lane 845)
Arabic
zanbūr-
- wasp
(BK 1 970, Lane 1256)
See discussion in Blau 1970: 46; Steiner 1982: 14; SED II No. 66; Kogan 2011: 212
Amharic
dibʷara
- a yellow fly which afflicts cattle
(AED 1781)
in dibʷara zəmb
Mehri
haydebbîr
- Hornisse, Wespe (hornet, wasp)
(Jahn 1902: 187)
Harsusi
ḏebēr
- hornet, fly
(Blau 1970: 46; Steiner 1982: 14)
possibly related
Soqotri
édbeher
- bee
(
LS
122;
CSOL I
525;
CSOL II
443)