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*ˁaw/yš-, *ˁašw/y- - kind of disease (fever, cold in the head; plague)
(SED I No. 27)
The Akk. variant form with ḫ- may also suggest γ-. The ESA and Jib. forms, however, clearly point to ˁ-.
Words
Akkadian
âšu
- to be nauseated
(CAD A₂ 477)
Var. ḫâšu
Akkadian
ašû
- a disease (affecting the head, vision, etc.)
(CAD A₂ 476, AHw. 85)
Var. ḫašû, ušû
Arabic
γusās-
- certaine maladie des chameaux (a kind of camel disease)
(BK 2 466)
May be related as a root variant with gemination.
Sabaic
ˁws₁
- plague, pestilence
(SD 23)
Minaean
ˁs₁
- épidémie, peste (epidemic, plague)
(LM 17)
Tigre
ˁaso
- fever, malaria
(WTS 463)
Var. ˀaso.
Tigrinya
ˁaso
- febbre (fever)
(TED 1858, Bassano 1918: 683)
Tigrinya
ˁassäwä
- essere malarico, di luogo paludoso ecc. che produca la febbre (to be malarial, swampy, etc. get ill with fever)
(TED 1861, Bassano 1918: 684)
Jibbali
ˁayɔ́s
- cold in the head
(JL 20)
E. Jib. ˁɔ́s.