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Amharic
abäba - flower
(AED 1197)
for the etymology of this word and similar Gurage forms see EDG 6, Appleyard 1977: 39
Reconstruction
PWS
*ˀVbb-
- sprout, shoot, flower, fruit
(Kogan 2011: 201; Kogan 2012: 256, n. 96)
a derivation of Akkadian inbu from this root cannot be theoretically ruled out