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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ḳ(ʷ)VʔVʕ-
Meaning: vomit
Notes: A descriptive root? In Sem, ʔ and ʕ are incompatible.
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-egy,afaset-ech,afaset-notes,
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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2278
Proto-Semitic: *ḳ(ʷ)yʔ (or *ḳy/wʔ)
Meaning: to vomit
Akkadian: kâʔu (gâʔu) 'to spew, to vomit' SB, NA [CAD K 309, G 59], [AHw 284]. A strange case of SEM *ḳ- unconditionally yielding k-/g- in AKK
Hebrew: ḳyʔ 'to spit, be sick'; hip. 'to vomit something' [KB 1096]
Arabic: ḳyʔ [BK 2 844]
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḳeʔa [LGz 456]
Tigre: ḳäʔa [LH 255]
Amharic: ḳʷǝḳḳ alä 'to break winds almost imperceptibly, to let a series of farts, to make a noise in vomiting'' [K 761]. Note reduplication in the quasi-verbal element ḳʷǝḳḳ
Mehri: ḳáwya [JM 246]
Jibbali: ḳéʔ [JJ 156]
Harsusi: ḳéwya [JH 80]
Soqotri: ḳéʔ 'cracher' [LS 370]
Notes: [Fr 39]: *-ḳyiʔ- 'vomitare', *ḳayʔ- 'vomito' (GEZ, ARB, HBR, AKK) ; [KB 1096]: HBR, AKK, GEZ, TGR, ARB; [LGz 456]: GEZ, AKK (glossed as "West Semitic", probably misinterpretation of [AHw 284], where "wsem ḳyʔ" is evidently compared as a cognate, not as a source of borrowing into AKK), ARB, HBR, SOQ
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: ḳꜣʕ
Meaning: 'vomit' (MK)
Notes: Foul 275. Dissimilation <*ḳʔʔ ?
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,egyet-notes,
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East Chadic etymology :
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Proto-EChadic: *kaHakay-
Meaning: 'spit'
Dangla: kààkè [Fd]
echet-prnum,echet-meaning,echet-dng,
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