These etymologies for "qahwah" have all been disputed, however. The name "qahwah" is not used for the berry or plant (the products of the region), which are known in Arabic as "bunn" and in Somali and Oromo as "būn". Semitic languages had the root "qhh", "dark color", which became a natural designation for the beverage. According to this analysis, the feminine form "qahwah" (also meaning "dark in color, dull(ing), dry, sour") was likely chosen to parallel the feminine "khamr" (, "wine"), and originally meant "the dark one".