Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṯ̣amiʔ-

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Proto-Semitic

Verb

*ṯ̣amiʔ-

  1. to thirst

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: [script needed] (ṣamû)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
      • Arabic: ظَمِئَ (ẓamiʔa)
      • Northwest Semitic:
        • Canaanite:
        • Ugaritic: [script needed] (ġmʔ)
      • Old South Arabian:
        • Old South Arabian: 𐩼𐩣𐩱 (ẓmʾ)
    • Modern South Arabian:
      • Mehri: ẓayme
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Amharic: ጠማ- (ṭämma-)
      • Ge'ez: ጸምአ (ṣämʾä)
      • Tigre: ጸምኣ (ṣämʾa)
      • Tigrinya: ጸምኤ (ṣämʾe)

References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 557a
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