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PS
*paˀš- - axe
(EDA I 113)
Words
Akkadian
pāšu
- an axe or hatchet
(CAD P 267; AHw. 846)
also pāštu ‘a double-headed axe’ (CAD P 265; AHw. 846)
Ebla
ba-šum /paˀšum/
- axe
(VE 759, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 684)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ps
- spade, shovel
(DJPA 438)
May be borrowed from Akkadian, but note semantic difference.
Syriac
pwstˀ
- axe
(LSyr. 585)
Probably borrowed from Akkadian, even if labialized vowel (-w-) is hard to explain
Arabic
faˀs-
- axe, adze
(BK 2 529, Lane 3252)
Tigre
fas
- axe
(WTS 661)
Arabic borrowing
Tigrinya
fas
- axe
(TED 2676)
Arabic borrowing
Amharic
fas
- axe
(AED 2292)
Arabic borrowing
Gogot
fos
- axe
(EDG 246)
Arabic borrowing