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*ṭpḥ - to slap; to clap the hands; to scoop
(SED I 250)
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Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ṭpḥ
- (pa.) to strike, clap hands
(DJPA 229)
Syriac
ṭpḥ
- to spread out; to clap; to fall down
(LSyr. 285, SL 545)
Geez
ṭafḥa
- to clap the hands
(CDG 588)
Jibbali
ṭéfaḥ
- to scoop a little water
(JL 274)
presumably with a meaning shift ‘palm of hand’ > ‘to scoop by hand’