*gʷafl-/*gVfn- - stuffed skin given in place of her young one to a bereaved mother-animal
(EDG 266, DRS 170, Kogan 2015: 554)
MSA + Southern EthS. The ultimate origin of this peculiar areal isogloss is obscure.
Any connection with Arb. ǯafn- ‘scabbard, sheath’? (Kogan 2015: 554)
Mehri
gəfōn - stuffed skin give in place of her young one to a bereaved mother-animal
(ML 115)
Jibbali
gífún - stuffed skin, tulchan given in place of her young one to a bereaved mother-animal
(JL 72)
Soqotri
gáfon - doll made from the skin of the calf, which is placed under the cow so that it can be milked
(LS 114)