▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#90 reconstruct Sem *
ʔib(i)l‑ ʻcamelʼ and, if the Sem evidences should at all be akin to ECh, then perhaps all from AfrAs *
ʔi-bil‑ ʻcamel, donkeyʼ. The initial *
ʔi‑ in Sem would then be a prefix, preserved only there, or it is part of the root but lost in ECh for phonetic reasons. Another possible anlaut in AfrAs could have been *
ʔe‑.
▪ MilitarevKogan SED II (2005)#2: »The present root is reliably attested in the Arabian area only which makes its Common Semitic status doubtful […]
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. From […]< (Ar?)Sem *
ʔibil‑ ‘camel’. – Reconstructions for non-Sem: Berb *
Habal‑ ‘(young) camel’. – Cush *
balbal‑ ? – All from AfrAs *
ʔa/iba/il‑, *
balbal‑ ‘camel’.