Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/
tuf-
This Proto-Afroasiatic entry contains
reconstructed terms 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-Afroasiatic
Root
*tuf-
(
intransitive
)
to
spit
Descendants
Egyptian:
tf
(
“
to spit
”
)
Coptic:
ⲑⲁϥ
(
thaf
)
,
ⲧⲁϥ
(
taf
,
“
spit
”
)
Proto-Chadic:
*təfə
(
“
to spit
”
)
Hausa:
tofa
(
“
spit
”
)
Proto-Cushitic:
*tuf-
(
“
to spit
”
)
Oromo:
tufuu
(
“
to spit
”
)
Somali:
tuf
(
“
to spit
”
)
Proto-Semitic:
*tf
(
“
to spit
”
)
Hijazi Arabic:
تَفَّل
(
taffal
,
“
to spit
”
)
Moroccan Arabic:
تَفَّل
(
tfal
,
“
to spit
”
)
References
Ehret, Christopher (1995),
Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic
, →ISBN, page 139