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PWS
*ḥalab- - milk
(Fronzaroli 1971: 613; Fronzaroli 1969: 19, 30, 35; Kogan 2011: 240)
Words
Akkadian
ḫalāpu
- to milk
(CAD Ḫ 36, AHw. 309)
West Semitism: obvious Aramaic loanword (Abraham–Sokoloff 2011:33)
Akkadian
ḫilpu
- milk
(CAD Ḫ 187, AHw. 345)
Aramaic loanword (Abraham–Sokoloff 2011:33), Akk semantic equivalent is
šizbu
‘milk’, with no reliable etymology.
Ugaritic
ḥlb
- milk
(DUL 360)
Hebrew
ḥālāb
- milk
(HALOT 315)
Syriac
ḥalbā
- milk
(LSyr. 232, SL 452)
Arabic
ḥalab-/ḥalīb-
- milk
(Lane 624)
Geez
ḥalib
- milk
(CDG 229)
Geez
ḥalaba
- to milk
(CDG 229)
Tigre
ḥalib
- milk
(WTS 54)
Tigre
ḥalba
- to milk
(WTS 54)
Tigrinya
ḥaläbä
- to milk
(TED 154)
Tigrinya
ḥalib
- milk
(TED 145)
Amharic
alläbä
- to milk
(AED 1108)
Amharic
ayb
- cheese
(Appleyard 1977: 30)
Argobba
ḥallɛw
- melken (to milk)
(Wetter 2010: 84)
Argobba
hayu
- milk
(Leslau 1997: 207)
Harari
ḥaläba
- to milk
(EDH 82)
Harari
ḥay
- milk
(EDH 89)
Selti
aläbä
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Wolane
aläbä
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Zway
aläbä
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Chaha
eb
- milk
(EDG 5)
Chaha
anäbä
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Ezha
annäbä
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Endegen
annäwä, annǟ
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Ennemor
anäḇä
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Gyeto
anäḇä
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Muher
alläbä
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Muher
arräbä
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Masqan
alläbä
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Gogot
alläbä
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Soddo
alläbä
- to milk
(EDG 38)
Mehri
ḥəlūb
- to milk
(ML 177)
Jibbali
ḥɔ́lɔ́b
- to milk
(JL 109)
Jibbali
ḥɔ́lɔ́b
- buttermilk
(JL 109)
Soqotri
ḥéḷob
- to milk
(
LS
174;
CSOL I
555;
CSOL II
475)