Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/pay-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Noun

*pay-

the mouth

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒅗 (KA /pû/)
Central Semitic:
- Arabic: فَم‎ (fam)
- Aramaic:
  - Imperial Aramaic: 𐡐𐡌‎ (pm)
  - Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: פִּימָא‎ (pemā)
  - Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܦܝܡܐ‎ (pemā)
  - Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢘𐢒 / 𐢘𐢈𐢒‎ (/pūm/)
  - Classical Syriac: ܦܘܡܐ‎ (pumā)
  - Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: פּוּמָא‎ (pumā)
- Hebrew: פֶּה‎ (pe)
- Phoenician: 𐤐‎ (pe)
- Ugaritic: 𐎔 (p) /pū/
South Semitic:
- Old South Arabian: 𐩰‎
- Ethiopian: *ʾaf-
  - Amharic: አፍ (ʾäf)
  - Argobba: አፍ (ʾäf)
  - Ge'ez: አፍ (ʾäf)
  - Gurage: አፍ (ʾäf)
  - Harari: አፍ (ʾäf)
  - Tigre: አፍ (ʾäf)
  - Tigrinya: አፍ (ʾäf)

References

Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 171–178
Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 221–222

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