Afroasiatic etymology : List with all references

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ka/u(n)p-

Meaning: palm of hand, sole of foot

Semitic: *kapp- 'palm, flat of hand or foot'

Egyptian: kp (NE) 'sole'; 'enemy's hands separated from his arms; cut off hand' (n)

Low East Cushitic: *kunuf- 'claw' 1, 'nail' 2, 'finger' 3, 'hoof' 4

Notes: Cf. Bla Review 502. Related to *ka(n)P- 'wing' (195)?

Number: 2117

Proto-Semitic: *kapp-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: palm, flap of hand or foot

Akkadian: kappu 'arm, hand' (also 'wing', see *kanap- 'wing' No. ) OB on [CAD k 185], [AHw 444].

As for agappu, gappu 'wing' [AHw 281] identified in [CAD k 185] with kappu, but made a separate entry in [AHw 281], see *gapp-, *ʔa-gapp- 'wing', No.

Ugaritic: kp 'palma (de la mano)' [DLU 221]

Canaanite: EG SYLL ka=pa /*kappa/ 'palm of the hand, sole of the foot' [Hoch 318]

Hebrew: kap 'the hollow, the flat of the hand' [KB 491], *ʔäkäp in ʔakp-ī 'hand' [ibid. 47] (form with the ʔa- prefix)

Aramaic: DRA OFF kp 'hand, palm of hand, sole of foot' [HJ 528]

Judaic Aramaic: kap (kappā) 'palm, hand' [Ja 657]; [Sok 266]

Syrian Aramaic: kappā 'vola' [Brock 339]

Modern Aramaic: MAL kaffa 'Handfläche' [Berg 49: "Aram. arab."]

Mandaic Aramaic: kapa 'hand, palm of hand, handful' [DM 200]

Arabic: kaff- 'paume de la main' [BK 2 910]

Geʕez (Ethiopian): (?) kāf 'heel, palm of hand, sole of foot' [LGz 276].

According to Leslau, probably the transcription of HBR kap 'palm of hand'. Cf. kāf 'shoe, sandal' [ibid.], which Leslau considers either an extension of kāf 'sole of foot' or a form confused with kuf 'hoof' (< ARB h_uff-, according to [ibid. 276]). Neither of these hypotheses is provided with any argumentation

Mehri: kaf 'palm of hand' [JM 204]

Jibbali: kɛf do. [JJ 127]

Harsusi: kǝf do. [JH 67]

Notes: Cf. *gapp-, *ʔa-gapp- 'wing', No.

[Fron 48] (*kapp- 'mano incurvata' /MHR,ARB,SYR,HBR,UGR,AKK/); [Holma 117]: AKK, HBR, ARB, SYR; [DLU 221]: UGR, HBR, ARM, AKK, ARB, GEZ; [KB 491]: HBR, ARM, UGR, ARB, GEZ, AKK

Old Egyptian: kp

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Meaning: (NE) 'sole'; 'enemy's hands separated from his arms; cut off hand' (n)

Proto-Low East Cushitic: *kunuf-

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Meaning: 'claw' 1, 'nail' 2, 'finger' 3, 'hoof' 4

Arbore: kunúf 1, 2, 4

Dasenech (Geleba): konof 3, 4

Konso: Elmolo kúnuf 2

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