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*mṭḳ, mtḳ - to be sweet
(Kogan 2011: 239)
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Akkadian
matāḳu
- to be sweet
(CAD M₁ 405, AHw. 632)
Ebla
tá-ma-tù-ḳù
- Sum. NINDA.KI
(VE 42; Krebernik 1983: 2–3)
Ugaritic
mtḳ
- sweet
(DUL 601)
Hebrew
mtḳ
- to be sweet
(HALOT 655)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
mtīḳ
- sweet
(DJBA 721)
Syriac
mtḳ
- to suck
(LSyr. 410, SL 874)
Possibly related, see discussion in Bulakh 2005: 240–242
Arabic
mṭq
- V. to smack one’s lips
(Lane 3021)
Possibly related, see discussion in Bulakh 2005: 240–242
Geez
mäṭṭäḳä
- to be sweet
(WTS 143)
Geez
məṭuḳ
- sweet
(CDG 340)
Mehri
maṭḳ
- sweet
(ML 273)
Jibbali
miṭáyḳ
- sweet
(JL 176)