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*γa/ub(a)b- - bosom, chest; dewlap
(SED I No. 104)
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Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ˁwb
- breast
(DJPA 397)
det. ˁubbā
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ˁubbā
- bosom, lap
(Jastrow 1046, DJBA 84b)
Syriac
ˁubbā
- bosom
(LSyr. 503, SL 1076)
Mandaic
ˁumba
- bosom
(MD 344)
-m- may imply the protoform *γa/umb-
Arabic
γabab-
- hanging flesh under the chin (of some animals), dewlap (of oxen), beard (of cock), throat (of humans)
(BK 2 429)
Arabic
γabγab-
- dewlap, beard, throat
(BK 2 433)
a reduplicated stem
Amharic
əmbiya
- chest (of an equine or other animal not considered licit to eat)
(AED 1330)
-bb- > -mb- is not unfrequent in Amh. The protoform may be *γa/umb-