Basal
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Basal arabice cepe. Stephanus basalum scripsit.
Apparatus:
Whole entry missing in jp
basalum scripsit AC | basalũ scripsit ul’ balsanum B | vasallũ scripsit e | basalũ f {om. scripsit}
Translation:
Basal is Arabic for Latin cepe {"onions"}; Stephanus writes basalum.
Commentary:
Basal:
Wehr (1976): ﺑﺼﻞ /baṣal/ "onions, bulbs".
Siggel (1950: 20): ﺑﺼﻞ /baṣal/ Allium cepa (Lil.); Küchenzwiebel {"cooking onion"}.
Stephanus in Breviarium writes: kromiõ … basalum
[[1]].
N.b. Greek κρόμμυον /krómmyon/, itacist /krómion/, means "onion".
WilfGunther (talk) 27/06/2014
See also: Cepe