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*ˀukl-/*ˀikl- - food, bread, grain
(CDG 15)
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Akkadian
akalu
- bread
(CAD A₁ 238, AHw. 26)
Ugaritic
ˀakl
- grain, fodder
(DUL 44)
a widely attested Common Semitic root, borrowing from Akk.
ukullû
‘food, fodder’ is quite improbable if only for the difference in morphological structure (contra Watson 2007: 66).
Sabaic
ˀkl
- grain, food
(SD 4)
Minaean
ˀkl
- grain, food
(LM 4)
Geez
ˀəkl
- food, bread, corn
(CDG 15)
Tigre
ˀəkəl
- corn
(WTS 376)
Tigrinya
ˀəḵli
- grain, cereal(s)
(TED 1503)
Amharic
əhəl
- grain, food, cereal(s), crop(s)
(AED 1091)
Also Old Amh. ʔəḵəl ‘Speise’, Littmann 1943:493.
Argobba
əhəl, əḫäl, əḫəl
- cereal
(Leslau 1997: 190, AAD 311)
Harari
əxi
- cereal, sorghum
(EDH 22)
Selti
əkl, əkəl
- cereal, barley
(EDG 33)
Wolane
əhəl
- cereal, barley
(EDG 33)
Zway
əhəl
- cereal, barley
(EDG 33)
Chaha
äxər
- cereal, barley
(EDG 33)
Ezha
äxər
- cereal, barley
(EDG 33)
Endegen
ähər
- cereal, barley
(EDG 33)
Ennemor
äxər
- cereal, barley
(EDG 33)
Gyeto
äxər
- cereal, barley
(EDG 33)
Muher
äxi
- cereal, barley
(EDG 33)
Masqan
ähər
- cereal, barley
(EDG 33)
Gogot
ähi
- cereal, barley
(EDG 33)
Soddo
äkəl, ähəl
- cereal, barley
(EDG 33)