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*ḥamāt- - mother-in-law
(Kogan 2011: 236; Kogan 2014: 101)
Words
Akkadian
emētu
- mother-in-law
(CAD E 154, AHw. 214)
Hebrew
ḥāmōt
- mother-in-law
(HALOT 327)
Hbr. ḥām and ḥāmōt are restricted to the parents of the husband
Syriac
ḥmātā
- mother-in-law
(LSyr. 242, SL 469)
Arabic
ḥamāt-
- mother-in-law
(Lane 650)
Ar. ḥam-, ḥamāt- tend to be restricted to the parents of the husband
Geez
ḥamot
- mother-in-law
(LLA 77)
Mehri
ḥəmáyt
- mother-in-law
(ML 180)
Soqotri
ḥem-
- brother-in-law
(
Naumkin et al. 2015a
:71)
Soqotri
ḥámit-
- sister-in-law (brother’s wife or wife’s sister)
(
LS
178;
CSOL I
559)