Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ganb-

This Proto-Semitic 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-Semitic

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Noun

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*ganb- m

  1. side, flank and back taken together
    Antonym: *piʔat-

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: gabbum (a certain part of the body of an animal or beast; whole, entirety, all)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Ge'ez: ገቦ (gäbo)
      • Tigre: ገቦ (gäbo), note also the /n/ in አንገብ (ʾängäb, fundament, tewel)
      • Tigrinya: ጎቦ (gobo)
      • Inor: ጉፐ (gupa, height of body)
      • Gyeto: ጕፐ (gʷəpa, height)
    • Modern South Arabian:

References

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  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 176a
  • Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 79–80 Nr. 85