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PWS
*ganb- - side and back of torso
(SED I No. 85)
Words
Ugaritic
gb
- spine, back; loin; body
(DUL 291)
Hebrew
gab
- back
(HALOT 170)
< *gabb-, possibly < *ganb-
Hebrew
gab
- body, esp. back
(Jastrow 203)
pB.
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
gōb, gūb
- body, trunk
(Jastrow 217, DJBA 264b)
det. gubbā
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
gabbā
- back, body
(Jastrow 203, DJBA 254a)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
gōnbā, gnubtā
- tail
(Jastrow 257, DJBA 295a)
Syriac
gabbā
- side
(LSyr. 123, SL 198)
Mandaic
guba
- body, trunk; thickness
(MD 76)
Mandaic
gamba, ganba
- flank, side, border
(MD 76)
Turoyo
gab
- zu; bei (to; bei)
(RW 166)
Arabic
ǯanb-
- side, half
(BK 1 334, Lane 465)
Geez
gabo
- side, flank, rib, loins
(CDG 176)
Tigre
gabo
- side
(WTS 582)
Tigrinya
gobo, gʷäbo
- slope, hillside; side, flank
(TED 2289)
Ennemor
gupa
- height of body, stature
(EDG I 317)
< *gubba (EDG 256), with a meaning shift ‘side; back; body’ > ‘height of body, stature’
Mehri
ganb, gəbēt
- side
(ML 12)
Jibbali
ganb
- side
(JL 77)
Harsusi
yanb
- side
(HL 40)