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Geez
ˀəber - old woman
(CDG 5)
Cf. ˀəberāwi - old man, old woman (CDG 5).
Reconstruction
PES
*ˀbr
- to be old
(Kogan 2015: 276)
on meaning shift “sturdy, strong” > “old” cf. Buck 1949:959