Areal reconstruction

*š/sVb-, *ˀV-š/sVb- - pubic hair (SED I No. 239)

Problematic; scarce attestation only in South Sem. area.

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)

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)