Number: 1664
Proto-Semitic: *ḥVkuk-
Meaning: to itch, scratch (oneself)
Akkadian: ekēku (i/i) 'to scratch' OB, SB [AHw 193], [CAD e 63]
Hebrew: PB ḥākak 'to scratch' [Ja 462]
Judaic Aramaic: ḥăkak 'to scratch' [Ja 462]; ḥăkāk 'scab, sore' [ibid.]
Syrian Aramaic: ḥak 'rascit' [Brock 230]
Mandaic Aramaic: HKK, HUK 'to itch, irritate' [DM 147]
Arabic: ḥkk (-u-) 'gratter' [BK 1 469]
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḥkk
Tigre: ḥakka, ḥankäkä 'to scrape, to rub' [LH 88]
Amharic: akkäkä 'to have an itch, to scratch o.s. with the nails' [K 1265]
East Ethiopic: HAR ḥakäkä 'to scratch the itching part of the body' [LHar 81]; SEL WOL ZWY ankäkä 'to scratch when it itches' [LGur 33]
Gurage: CHA ENN END GYE akäkä, EZ̆A akkäkä do. [ibid.]
Mehri: ḥǝk 'to scratch' [JM 173]
Jibbali: ḥɔttk do. [JJ 107].
-t- stem. Note ḥekk 'to level off a small surface' [ibid.], with a meaning shift
Harsusi: hẹk
Notes: Note a meaning shift in JIB ḥekk 'to level off a small surface' [JJ 107].
[Fr 41]: *ḥakk-at- 'scabbia', *-ḥkuk- 'grattare' (ARB, SYR, AKK); [AHw 193]: AKK, ARM, ARB; [Brock 230]: SYR, ARB, TNA; [LGz 228]: GEZ, HBR PB, AKK, ARB, MHR, ARM (the comparison with HBR ḥakkā 'fish-hook' suggested [ibid.] and in [KB 313] is unconvincing)
