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*tpp - to spit
(SED I No. 72ᵥ)
Rather a biconsonantal stem with various ways of triconsonantization (*tpp, *twp and *tpˀ), Cf. *twb, *tbb ‘to spit, vomit’ (SED I No. 74ᵥ).
Words
Hebrew
tōpät
- spittle, expectoration
(HALOT 1780)
Arabic
tff
- cracher (to spit)
(Dozy I 147)
Arabic
mtfft
- crachat (spit)
(Dozy I 147)
non-vocalized
Geez
tafˀa
- to spit, spit out
(CDG 570)
Tigre
täfˀa
- cracher
(WTS 322)
apud Munzinger
Tigrinya
təf bälä
- to spit, spit out, to disgorge
(TED 1293)
Tigrinya
täfˀē
- vomitare (to vomit)
(TED 1295, Bassano 1918: 423)
Argobba
täffa
- to spit
(Leslau 1956: 221)
Argobba
əntəf ala
- to spit
(Leslau 1956: 192)
Harari
tuf bāya
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Selti
tuff balä
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Wolane
tuf balä
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Zway
təf-um bālä
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Chaha
täfa
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Chaha
ətəff balä
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Ezha
täffa
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Ezha
ətəff balä
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Endegen
tuff balä
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Endegen
ətuff barä
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Ennemor
ətəff barä
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Gyeto
itəff barä
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Muher
täffa
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Muher
ətəff balä
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Masqan
täffa
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Masqan
ətəff balä
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Gogot
täffa
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Gogot
ətəff balä
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Soddo
täffa
- to spit
(EDG 592)
Soddo
ətəff balä
- to spit
(EDG 592)