BK II 552. The lexeme 'hip' goes back to Proto-Semitic. The lexeme 'part of a tribe' has cognates in Epigraphic South Arabian and Modern South Arabian). See Kogan - Militarev 2003.
Realization
Type
Derivation
Language
Arabic
Lexeme 1
bārikat-
Lexeme 2
burkat-
Meaning 1
knee
Meaning 2
family, group of people demanding blood feud
Reference
Related Languages
Comment
BK I 116, 117. The term 'knee' goes back to Proto-Semitic. For the meaning 'tribe', cp. also Tigre Tgr. bərək 'community', təbaräkä 'to have fellowship'. See Kogan - Militarev 2003.