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Areal reconstruction
*š/suḳl- - leg; thigh; elbow
(SED I No. 242)
Scarce attestation in South Sem. area only.
Words
Arabic
suql-, suqlat-, saqlat-
- flancs, hypocondres (flanks, hypochondria)
(BK 1 1354)
Tigre
č̣ənḳəlit
- coude
(WTS 627)
With a secondary nasalization.
Amharic
č̣əḳəll
- elbow
(AED 2220)
Argobba
č̣əgəle
- forearm
(Leslau 1997: 197)
Zway
č̣iḳile
- forearm
(EDG I 1205; 2 215)
Soqotri
suḳal
- pied
(LS 290)
Cf. also SSL LS 1470