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PWS
*γpn - to wrap, to cover
(Kogan 2005c:188)
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Tigrinya
ˁaffänä
- to cover, cover over, to bandage, bind up
(TED 1950)
Amharic
affänä
- to suffocate, smother (by placing the hand over the nose and mouth); to cover the mouth
(AED 1356)
Gogot
effänä
- block the mouth of someone
(EDG 21)
Mehri
γátfen
- (woman) to keep the face covered
(ML 134)
Cf. γôfen ‘bedecken’ (Jahn 1902:183), əγtəfūn ‘to hide oneself’ (ML 134).
Jibbali
oγófən
- to cover (the face)
(JL 84)
Soqotri
ˁófin
- to wrap, to cover (ripening date clusters from wind)
(
CSOL II
404)