*kVm(V)d- - forearm, cubit (SED I No. 144)

A phonetic diversity throughout Sem. can be explained by (1) lower compatibility of a voiced and voiceless stop in Hbr. and Arm., and (2) change of *m > n in contact with -d (for a similar phonetic evolution cf. *p/ban/md(at) ‘back, podex’, No. 216).

Hebrew

gōmäd - a linear measure, short cubit (HALOT 196)

Jewish Palestinian Aramaic

garmīdā - arm, elbow, cubit (Jastrow 270)

Syriac

garmīdā, gurmīdā - cubitus, ulna (LSyr. 133)

Mandaic

garmidia - two cubits (MD 79)

singular not found

Arabic

kumuddat- - penis (BK 2 929)

Likely a semantic shift; for a similar shift, cf. Ugr. yd, Hbr. yād ‘hand’ and ‘penis’ [HALOT 387]; and Arm. Jud. ˀammətā ‘cubit; membrum virile’ [Jastrow 79] (see *ˀamm-at- ‘elbow, forearm’, No. 6).

Amharic

kənd - cubit (distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger); arm, forearm (AED 1445)

Gafat

kəndä, kərn - bras (Leslau 1956:209, Leslau 1945:160)

Mehri

məkəndēt - big toe, thumb (ML 212)

Jibbali

mis̃əndɔ́t - thumb, big toe (JL 132)