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*npḫ - to blow, breathe, inflate
(SED I No. 45v)
Eventually derived from *pḫ/ḥ ‘to breath, blow, exhale (smell)’ (SED I No. 54v) by prefixation of *n.
Words
Akkadian
napāḫu
- to blow (something), hiss, etc.
(CAD N₁ 263, AHw. 732)
Hebrew
npḥ
- to blow
(HALOT 708)
Syriac
npḥ
- to blow
(LSyr. 435, SL 929)
Mandaic
nhp
- to blow up a flame, to fan a flame, to breathe fire
(MD 291)
Related with metathesis.
Mandaic
npa, nph
- to breathe out, fan with breath, blow up, inflate
(MD 303)
Arabic
nfḥ
- to diffuse (of odour); to blow (of wind)
(BK 2 1306, Lane 2820)
Probably related as a variant root.
Arabic
nfḫ
- to blow with mouth
(BK 2 1306, Lane 2821)
Geez
nafḫa, nafḥa
- to blow, breathe on, inflate, sound (an instrument), blow (a horn, trumpet)
(CDG 388)
Tigre
näfḥa
- to blow, inflate
(WTS 346)
Tigrinya
näfḥē
- soffiare per gonfiare otre, suonare la tromba (to blow in order to inflate, to play a trumpet)
(TED 1395, Bassano 1918: 469)
Amharic
näffa
- to blow, to inflate
(AED 1079)
Argobba
näffaha
- to blow
(CDG 388)
Harari
näfaḥa
- to inflate, blow an instrument, blow air into something
(LH 117)
Selti
näfa
- to blow up, blow an instrument, inflate
(EDG 450)
Wolane
näfä
- to blow up, blow an instrument, inflate
(EDG 450)
Zway
näfä
- to blow up, blow an instrument, inflate
(EDG 450)
Chaha
näfa
- to blow up, blow an instrument, inflate
(EDG 450)
Ezha
näffa
- to blow up, blow an instrument, inflate
(EDG 450)
Endegen
nfā
- to blow up, blow an instrument, inflate
(EDG 450)
Ennemor
näfā
- to blow up, blow an instrument, inflate
(EDG 450)
Gyeto
näfā
- to blow up, blow an instrument, inflate
(EDG 450)
Muher
näffa
- to blow up, blow an instrument, inflate
(EDG 450)
Masqan
näffa
- to blow up, blow an instrument, inflate
(EDG 450)
Gogot
näffa
- to blow up, blow an instrument, inflate
(EDG 450)
Soddo
näffa
- to blow up, blow an instrument, inflate
(EDG 450)
Mehri
nefḫ
- to blow, inflate
(ML 285)
Jibbali
nifḫ
- to blow, inflate, to blow up a cow’s vagina to make its milk come
(JL 183)
Harsusi
nefōḫ
- to blow
(HL 94)