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*gVl(a)pat- - skin; peel; scales; test
(SED I No. 80)
Scarce but reliable attestation; variant root (with g vs. ḳ) of *ḳVlVp(at) ‘scale; shell; (hard) skin; foreskin (?); peel; bark of tree’; also *gu/alb ‘(piece of) skin’
Words
Syriac
glāptā
- crab shell
(LSyr. 119, SL 239)
Arabic
ǯilf-
- peau d'une bête ôtée et vidée (skin of an animal removed and emptied)
(BK 1 317)
Arabic
ǯulfat-
- morceau de peau enlevée (piece of skin removed)
(BK 1 317)
Amharic
gälläfä
- to peel
(AED 1903)
Amharic
gäläfät
- husk, peel, fish scales
(AED 1903)