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*špl - to be low
(Kogan 2015:586)
Cf.
*šapū/il-
Words
Akkadian
šapālu
- to be low
(CAD Š₁ 422, AHw. 1169)
Ebla
si-bí-lum /šiplum/
- downwards
(VE 781, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 681)
Ugaritic
špl
- to bend down, stoop, plunge oneself
(DUL 823)
Hebrew
špl
- to become low, go deep
(HALOT 1631)
Official Aramaic
hšpl
- to humiliate
(DNWSI 1183)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
šplyn
- (pl.) lower parts
(DJPA 564)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
špl
- to be low
(DJPA 564)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
špl
- to lower, humble
(DJBA 1171)
Syriac
špl
- to be low, depressed
(LSyr. 813)
Syriac
špolā
- plain
(LSyr. 795, SL 1589)
Mandaic
špl
- to be low, sink
(MD 472)
Mandaic
šipula
- sexual parts, lower parts of abdomen; lower part of skirt
(MD 462)
Sabaic
sfl
- lowland, bottom, lower part
(SD 124)
Mehri
hōfəl
- belly; stomach
(ML 153)
See Kogan 2015:487.
Jibbali
šɔ́fəl
- belly
(JL 260)
Harsusi
hōfel
- belly, stomach
(HL 50)
Soqotri
di-be-šáfeḷ
- what is in the belly (entrails with excrement)
(
Simeone-Senelle–Lonnet 1991
:1475;
SED I
No. 271)
From the dialect of Qadhub.