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*npy - to sieve
(Fronzaroli 1971: 618, 633, 640; Kogan 2011: 242)
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Akkadian
napû
- to sift
(CAD N₁ 327, AHw. 742)
Hebrew
nāpā
- sieve
(HALOT 708)
Hebrew
npy
- (pi.) to fan, winnow, sift
(Jastrow 923)
pB.
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
npy
- to fan, winnow, sift
(DJPA 355)
Syriac
nfātā
- dirt
(LSyr. 435, SL 938)
Arabic
nafiyy-
- kind of sieve made of palm leaves
(TA 40 119)
perhaps related
Geez
nafaya
- to fan, winnow, sift
(CDG 390)