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Number: 2211
Proto-Semitic: *ṣibʕ-(at-), *ʔV-ṣbaʕ- {} *c̣ibʕ-(at-), *ʔa-c̣ibaʕ-
Meaning: finger
Akkadian: neṣbettu [CAD n2 190], [AHw 782]. Found in one LL where it is equated to ubānum. Considered a W. SEM loan without definite source [CAD] or a derivate from ṣabātu 'to catch' [AHw]. Note that if a loanword, ne- prefixation is difficult to explain, while if a genuine AKK word, it can be regarded as a prefix *ma- (on which see Introduction) which regularly shifts to na- (> ne- because of *-ʕ) if one of the root consonants is a labial
Eblaitic: iš-ba-um, ìsa-ba-um, iš11-ba-h_um /ʔiṣbaʕum/ [Kr 18; Bl E No. 20]
Ugaritic: ʔuṣbʕ 'dedo; garra' [DLU 55]
Hebrew: ʔäṣbaʕ [KB 81]
Aramaic: OFF ʔṣbʕ [HJ 98]. Also ṣbʕ 'certain measure of length, finger' [ibid. 958]
Biblical Aramaic: ʔäṣbǝʕān (pl. f.) 'Finger, Zehe' [KB deutsch 1673]
Judaic Aramaic: ṣibʕā; ʔäṣbǝʕā, ʔäṣbaʕ 'finger, esp. index finger' [Ja 1259]; [Ja 110]; ʔṣbʕh, det. ʔṣbʕth [Sok 72]. Cf. also ʔädbaʕ (ʔädbǝʕā) 'finger' [Ja 15], with an unexplained -d- (a variant root?)
Syrian Aramaic: ṣebʕā 'digitus (manus et pedis)' [Brock 620]
Modern Aramaic: MLH ṣebʕo 'Finger' [J Mlah 190] HRT ṣepʔa 'Finger' [J Hert 199] NASS sịṗɔ̄ti, suṗɔ̄tị 'finger' [Tser 0173] URM si..ppa 'finger' [R Urmi 102] MMND ṣob_axta 'finger' [M MND 503] GZR ṣabúʔta 'finger' [Nak 85] IRAN sĕpʔa 'un dito' (c.suff. sepʔúh_ 'il tuo dito') [Pen 122]
Mandaic Aramaic: ṣibita, ʕṣba (also 'toe') [DM 355]
Arabic: ʔaṣbaʕ-, ʔiṣbaʕ-, ʔaṣbiʕ-, ʔaṣbuʕ, ʔiṣbiʕ-, ʔiṣbuʕ-, ʔuṣbuʕ-, ʔuṣbiʕ-, ʔuṣbūʕ- [BK 1 1307]
Modern Arabic: NYEM ṣabiʕ, ṣbūʕ, ṣābiʕ [Behnschtedt 669]. Forms without ʔV- are attested in many ARB dialects
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔaṣbāʕ(ǝ)t (also 'toe') [LGz 45]
Tigre: č̣ǝbʕǝt [LH 627]
Tigrai (Tigriñña): ʔaṣabǝʕti (pl.) [Bass 580]
Amharic: ṭat (also 'toe') [K 2152] (<*ṣVbʕ-at-), ARG ṭad [LGur 108] (voicing of final -t into -d? Cf. [ibid. XLIV])
Gafat: ṣaṭä 'hand'. This form quoted [ibid. 108] and in [LGz 45] is questionable both phonetically and semantically (-ṭ < *-t influenced by ṣ-?); the form ṣatä quoted in [LGaf 237] looks phonetically more tenable
Harari: aṭābiñña [LHar 36]
East Ethiopic: SEL ZWY ǝnṭābit, WOL ǝnṭabit [LGur 108]
Gurage: MUH MSQ GOG atebät, SOD aṭabät, GYE aṭayb_ä, ENN END GYE ateyä, END aṭe, CHA EŽA MUH atebät, CHA EŽA atebä [ibid.]
Mehri: ṣ̌ǝbáʔ (also 'toe') [JM 397]
Jibbali: ʔiṣbáʕ [JJ 5]
Harsusi: ḥaṣ̌báʔ [JH 126] (<*ḥa-ṣibaʕ)
Soqotri: ʔéṣbaḥ [LS 70], ṣóbeḥ [ibid. 345]. -ḥ < -ʕ in Auslaut. Cf. also [SSL LS 1451]
Notes: Also 'toe' attested in part of SEM. Note a meaning shift in ESA: SAB ʔṣbʕ, used to denote fractions, e.g. ʔṣbʕm bn t_mny '1/8'' [SD 140]; MIN ṣbʕ 'doigt' ("exprime les termes d'une unité") [LM 93]. [DLU 55]: UGR, EBL, ARB, GEZ, HBR, ARM, AKK; [KB 81]: HBR, UGR, ARM, ARB, SAB, GEZ, AKK (iṣbittu, not found in AKK dictionaries); [Brock 620]: SYR, HBR, JUD, ARB, GEZ; [LGz 45]: GEZ, ETH, ARB, ARM, HBR, UGR, ESA, SOQ; [LS 70]: SOQ, MSA, ARB, HBR, SYR, GEZ
semet-proto,semet-prnum,semet-meaning,semet-akk,semet-ebl,semet-uga,semet-hbr,semet-arm,semet-bib,semet-jud,semet-syr,semet-new,semet-mnd,semet-ara,semet-dial,semet-gzz,semet-tgr,semet-tgy,semet-amh,semet-gaf,semet-hrr,semet-east,semet-gur,semet-mhr,semet-jib,semet-hss,semet-soq,semet-notes,
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *c̣ibVʕ-
Meaning: finger
Notes: Cf. EDE I 256-7.
afaset-meaning,afaset-sem,afaset-brb,afaset-egy,afaset-lec,afaset-omo,afaset-notes,
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Berber etymology :
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Proto-Berber: *ḍabH- (?)
Meaning: 'fingerring'
Ghadames: ta-ḍab_-ut 'bague d'argent' Lan 81
Notes: Compared in EDE I 256-7; also quoted is Ahag ta-ḍeho-t id., which one fails to find in Foucauld.
brbet-prnum,brbet-meaning,brbet-ghd,brbet-notes,
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Egyptian etymology :
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Old Egyptian: d_bʕ (pyr)
Meaning: 'finger'
egyet-prnum,egyet-meaning,
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Low East Cushitic etymology :
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Proto-Low East Cushitic: *ʕeḍib- (?)
Meaning: 'heel'
Somali: ʕeḍib-
Rendille: ḍábḍáb
Baiso: (?) iʔʔib-
Notes: Both phonetically (metathesis?)̣ and semantically problematic.
lecet-prnum,lecet-meaning,lecet-som,lecet-rnd,lecet-bay,lecet-notes,
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Omotic etymology :
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Proto-Omotic: *ʒaHab- (?)
Meaning: 'finger'
West Mao (Hozo): zaba
West Mao (Sezo): zaabi
Nao: zaba
omoet-prnum,omoet-meaning,omoet-hoz,omoet-sez,omoet-nao,
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