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PWS
*ṣmḳ - to press, to squeeze; to dry, to shrivel up
(Kogan 2015: 306)
Lower-level reconstructions
PC
*ṣVmVḳ-
- raisin
(Kogan 2015: 306)
similarity between with Akk.
muzīḳu
‘raisin’ observed in DUL 786 is probably accidental
Words
Hebrew
ṣmḳ
- to dry up, wither
(HALOT 1034)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ṣmḳ
- to shrink, to dry out
(DJPA 466)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ṣmḳ
- to be dry
(DJBA 967)
Mandaic
ṣamḳa
- shriveling
(MD 387)
Arabic
ṣāmiq-
- hungry and thirsty
(LA 10 248)
probably related
Tigre
č̣ämḳä
- to pinch, to touch
(WTS 623)
Tigrinya
ṣämäḳʷä
- to wring, to squeeze, to extract
(TED 2556)
Amharic
č̣ämmäḳä
- to wring, to squeeze, to compress
(AED 2206)
Harari
č̣ämäḳä
- to squeeze, to wring
(EDH 51)
Selti
aṭämäḳä
- to wring wet clothes, to squeeze water out of clothes or dough
(EDG 621)
Wolane
aṭämäḳä
- to wring wet clothes, to squeeze water out of clothes or dough
(EDG 621)
Zway
ṭämäḳä
- to wring wet clothes, to squeeze water out of clothes or dough
(EDG 621)
Ezha
č̣əmammäḳä
- to wring wet clothes, to squeeze water out of clothes or dough
(EDG 621)