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*ḫawṭ-, *ḫayṭ- - thread
(Kogan 2015: 212)
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Hebrew
ḥūṭ
- thread
(HALOT 296)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ḥwṭ, ḥṭy
- to sew
(DJBA 436)
Syriac
ḥuṭā
- thread
(LSyr. 220, SL 423)
Arabic
ḫayṭ-
- thread
(Lane 831)
Mehri
ḫīṭáyt
- string; thread, bowstring
(ML 458)
likely this is a borrowing from Arabic
Jibbali
ḫíṭét
- thin, fine thread made of fibre
(JL 312)
likely this is a borrowing from Arabic
Jibbali
aḫyéṭ
- to sew, to stitch
(JL 312)
likely this is a borrowing from Arabic