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Appendix II

Semitic Roots
 
ENTRY:bkr.
DEFINITION:Common Semitic *bukur-, *bikr-, *bak(u)r-, first-born. albacore, from Arabic al-bakra, the albacore, akin to bikr, first-born, and bakr, young camel.
 
 
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