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PS
*gaw(w)iˀ- - (front part of) body; chest, belly; interior
(SED I No. 99)
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Lower-level reconstructions
PArm
*gaww-
- inside; interior
(Kogan 2015:382)
Words
Akkadian
gattu
- figure, shape
(CAD G 58, AHw. 283)
The relation to *gaw(w)iˀ- is somewhat doubtful.
Hebrew
gaw, gēw
- back
(HALOT 182)
A meaning shift is unattested in other languages
Hebrew
gəwiyyā
- body, corpse
(HALOT 183)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
gwiytā, giwytā
- body
(Jastrow 221, DJPA 123a)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
gēw, gaw, gawwā
- belly, innermost
(Jastrow 206, DJBA 263)
constr. gō
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
gwyyh
- euph. for male sexual organ
(DJPA 123)
Syriac
gəwāyā
- intestina, viscera
(LSyr. 107)
Mandaic
giuta
- body, entrails
(MD 89)
Arabic
ǯuˀǯuˀ-
- breast
(BK 1 244)
reduplicated
Arabic
ǯaww-
- inside; interior
(Lane 478)
Arabic
ǯwy
- to have a breast disease
(BK 360)
Minaean
gw-n
- partie intérieure d’une construction (interior part of a construction)
(LM 37)
Geez
gʷəyyā
- area between the thighs, lap
(CDG 208)
under question
Tigre
go
- to; at; near
(WTS 558)
Amharic
gat, gət
- breast, udder, nipple
(AED 1991)
Amharic
gʷəyya (guyya)
- area between the thighs, lap; space between the body and one's garments
(AED 2032)
or should be placed under *gaw(w)- ‘inside’, etc.
Chaha
gäg
- body
(EDG 267)
Ezha
gäg
- body
(EDG 267)
Ennemor
gäg
- body
(EDG 267)
Gyeto
gäg
- body
(EDG 267)
Muher
gäg
- body
(EDG 267)
Masqan
gäg
- body
(EDG 267)
Gogot
gäg
- body
(EDG 267)
Jibbali
gέhεˀ
- cheast, breast
(JL 73)
Soqotri
gέhɛ
- chest, breast
(
LS
103;
CSOL I
543;
Naumkin et al. 2015a
:68)