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Areal reconstruction
*š/sVb-, *ˀV-š/sVb- - pubic hair
(SED I No. 239)
Problematic; scarce attestation only in South Sem. area.
Lower-level reconstructions
Proto-MSA
*minsab-
- pubic hair
(Kogan 2015:565)
The origin of Proto-MSA *minsab- ‘pubic hair’ is uncertain, for a few tentative comparisons v. SED I No. 239. The similarity between the MSA terms and Sum. munsub ‘hair’ (Civil 2007:29) is striking, but hard to explain. (Kogan 2015:565)
Words
Arabic
ˀisb-
- the hair of the pubes
(BK 1 31, Lane 56)
With ˀ- as a triconsonantizer or prefixed element?
Selti
šəbäññä
- pubic hair
(EDG 571)
Wolane
šəbəññe
- pubic hair
(EDG 571)
Zway
saˀbi
- pubic hair
(EDG 530)
Chaha
šəmnä
- pubic hair
(EDG 571)
Ezha
šəbənnä
- pubic hair
(EDG 571)
Endegen
šombä
- pubic hair
(EDG 571)
Muher
šəbəññä
- pubic hair
(EDG 571)
Masqan
šəbəññä
- pubic hair
(EDG 571)
Gogot
šəbuññä
- pubic hair
(EDG 571)
Soddo
šəmuñña
- pubic hair
(EDG 571)