Number: 2620
Proto-Semitic: *nVyVk-
Meaning: to have sexual intercourse
Akkadian: nâku (niāku) 'to have illicit sexual intercourse, to fornicate' OB on [CAD n1 197], [AHw 784]
Arabic: nyk 'cohabiter avec une femme' [BK 2 1376].
Cf. also nkḥ 'cohabiter avec une femme; couvrir la femelle; prendre femme, contracter marriage avec elle' [ibid. 1338]
Mehri: nǝyūk 'to have sexual intercourse with, sleep with' [JM 309]
Jibbali: nɛ̄k 'to sleep with' [JJ 199]
Harsusi: neyōk 'to sleep with' [JH 100]
Notes: Cf. AMH näkka 'to have carnal knowledge of a woman' quoted under näkka 'to touch' [K 1042]; -a may point to *-w/y (in this case, metathetically related to the present root?) or any pharyngeal or laryngeal (see ARB nkḥ below).
Note GUR: ENN näkäʔä 'to desert (husband or wife)' placed under 'to kick, stamp on, trample on' [LGur 455]
