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*wŝr - to saw
(v. Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 684)
Words
Akkadian
šaššāru
- a saw
(CAD Š₂ 174; AHw. 1198)
Ebla
sar-sa-rúm /šaršārum/
- saw
(VE 766, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 684)
Hebrew
maŝŝōr
- a saw
(HALOT 640)
Hebrew
nsr
- to saw, to plane
(Jastrow 918)
pB.
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
nsr
- to saw
(DJPA 354)
Christian Palestinian Aramaic
ˀntsr
- (ithpe.) to be saw
(DCPA 126)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
nsr
- to saw
(DJBA 759)
Syriac
nsr
- to saw
(LSyr. 434)
Mandaic
nsr
- to saw, tear asunder
(MD 302)
Arabic
wšr
- to saw
(BK 2 1541, Lane 2944)
Cf. nšr ‘to spread; to revive; to saw’, minšār ‘a saw’ (BK 2 1258, Lane 2794); ˀšr ‘to saw’ (BK 1 35; Lane 62)
Geez
waŝara
- to saw
(CDG 621)
moŝar, moŝart ‘a saw’; məŝŝār ‘axe, hatchet’ (CDG 621)
Tigre
šäršärä
- to saw
(WTS 211)
məšäršär, var. mäšäršär ‘a saw’; see also məssār ‘axe, hoe’ (WTS 119), cf. Geez məŝŝār ‘axe, hatchet’,
waŝara
‘to saw’
Tigrinya
šäršärä
- to saw wood
(TED 822)
see also məsar (TED 390), cf. Geez məŝŝār ‘axe, hatchet’,
waŝara
‘to saw’
Amharic
šäräššärä
- to erode, to wash or wear away, to dig
(AED 621)
see also məssar ‘large axe, adze’ (AED 206), cf. Geez məŝŝār ‘axe, hatchet’, waŝara ‘to saw’
Chaha
məsər
- horn-handle knife, knife for cutting and eating raw meat
(EDG 430)
cf. Geez məŝŝār ‘axe, hatchet’ (see
waŝara
‘to saw’)
Mehri
nŝr
- to wear new clothes, to spread out
(ML 302)
náŝŝər ‘to spread out, separate’
Jibbali
nŝr
- to spread (trans.)
(JL 195)