Number: 2150
Proto-Semitic: *maʕay/w-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: intestines, entrails
Akkadian: amūtu 'liver' OB [CAD a2 96], OAkk [AHw 461], mu-ú-tum do. [ibid]. Note a meaning shift. Cf. māʔu 'excrement' [CAD m1 435] (LL; equated to AKK paršu suggesting the meaning 'non-digested food in the stomach', see *part_- {} *parč-, No. ). Otherwise <AA *hamw/y-at-
Hebrew: mēʕayim (pl.) 'entrails, intestines' [KB 609]; PB maʕyān 'inside, digestive organ' [Ja 816] (with the -ān suffix)
Biblical Aramaic: *mǝʕē (pl.suff. mǝʕṓhī) 'Bauch' [KB deutsch 1740]. Note that the context /Dan 2.32/ clearly points to external part of the belly, abdomen, so also one context in Biblical HBR /Ct 5.14/, presumably under ARM influence
Judaic Aramaic: mǝʕā (mǝʕayyā), maʕyānā 'belly, womb, insides, bowels' [Ja 812, 816]; mʕyn (pl.) 'inside, intestines, womb' [Sok 322]
Syrian Aramaic: mǝʕayyā, mǝʕūtā (<*mǝʕaw-at-) 'intestina' [Brock 397]
Modern Aramaic: MAL maʕwt_a 'Eingeweide' [Berg 56] AZR miya 'bowel' [Garb 319]
Mandaic Aramaic: mia 'entrails, intestines' [DM 265]
Arabic: maʕy-, maʕan (pl. ʔamʕaʔ-) 'intestins' [BK 2 1131]
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔamāʕut 'intestine' [LGz 23]
Tigre: mǝʕo, mǝʕotay, mǝʕotät, pl. ʔamʕit 'bowels' [LH 135]
Tigrai (Tigriñña): ʔamʕut 'intestine' [Bass 491]
East Ethiopic: (?) ZWY moʔo 'buttocks, anus' [LGur 386]. According to Leslau [ibid.], from E. CUSH: OROMO moʔo 'loins, back', but rather related to the present root with a meaning shift
Mehri: mǝʔwǝyēn 'intestine' [JM 260]
Harsusi: mʕeyīn do. [JH 87]
Soqotri: miʕḥo (míḥo) 'intestins, entrailles' [LS 248]. <*miʕʕ with dissimilation of the second ʕ ? Cf. miʕeh 'côté' [ibid].], with a comment: "d'après le contexte on pourrait aussi traduire "intestins""; cf. QALAN-V míʕhɔʔ 'intestins' [SSL LS 1466] (the ending -ɔʔ is difficult to explain)
Notes: Note stems with ʔa- prefix in AKK and ETH (cf. Holma's comment: "Ob sich das a als eine Art Präformativ erklären liesse? Die Aehnlichkeit des amūtu mit den arab. und äthiop. Pluralformen ist natürlich nur äusserlich"). [Holma 89]: AKK, ARB, HBR, SYR, GEZ; [KB 609]: HBR, ARM, GEZ, TGR, ARB, AKK; [Brock 397]: SYR, ARM, HBR, ARB, GEZ, AKK; [LGz 23]: GEZ, TNA, TGR (only the pl. ʔamʕit), ARB, MHR, HBR, ARM, AKK; [LS 248]: SOQ, ARB, HBR, SYR, GEZ, AKK
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