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Semitic etymology :
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Number: 2622
Proto-Semitic: *pVw/ʔ/hVḳ-
Meaning: sob; yawn; have hiccups
Hebrew: PB phḳ (piʕ) 'to open the mouth, yawn' [Ja 1138]
Syrian Aramaic: pāḳ 'singultivit', pǝwāḳǝtā 'singultus'
Arabic: fwḳ 'sangloter; être à l'agonie' [BK 2 647], II 'pousser de fréquents hoquets' [Dozy 2 298], fʔḳ 'sangloter' [BK 2 529]
Geʕez (Ethiopian): fah/ḥaḳa 2
Amharic: afaḳä (caus. stem) 'to sob, to sigh, gasp' [K 2298]
Notes: Cf. GUR: MUH fǝḳʷäññä, END MSQ fǝḳäññä et al. 'whistle' [LGur 239]; according to Leslau, from E. CUSH; cf. also END fuḳḳ barä 'to boil (water) and make noise by boiling, gush out' [ibid.]; related with a meaning shift? [LGz 156]: GEZ, ARB, HBR PB; [Brock 560]: SYR, ARB
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Afroasiatic etymology :
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Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *fu(h/wV)ḳ-
Meaning: breathe (heavily)
Notes: Cf. *fiwaḫ- 'blow, breathe' (2284); *fiwaḥ- 'blow, smell, breathe' (2437). Cf. HSED 813, 814.
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Dahalo etymology :
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Dahalo: fooḳ-
Meaning: 'catch one's breath, rest'
dhlet-prnum,dhlet-meaning,
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