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Proto-MSA
*dny - to be pregnant
(Kogan 2015:551)
“Has been compared to Arb.
dnw
(IV) ‘to be near bringing forth’ <...> which must imply a contamination of the original meaning “to be pregnant” with the normal meaning of Arb. dnw “to be close, near” (Kogan 2015:551)
Words
Mehri
dáyni
- to be pregnant
(ML 72)
Jibbali
díni
- to be pregnant
(JL 40)
Soqotri
(3 sg. f.) dínoʰ
- to conceive, to be pregnant
(
LS
130;
CSOL II
448)