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*šit- - buttocks
(SED I No. 255; Kogan 2011: 218)
Words
Ugaritic
št
- base, foot
(DUL 851)
Phoenician
ˀšt
- pillar
(Tomback 1978: 36)
Hebrew
šēt
- buttocks; base, foundation
(HALOT 1666)
Syriac
ˀeštā
- buttocks, rump; bottom
(LSyr. 810, SL 108)
Mandaic
ˁšta
- basis, bottom, posterior, anus, buttocks
(MD 358)
Mandaic
šata
- buttocks, pubic regions
(MD 446)
Arabic
ˀist-
- podex, anus
(BK 1 31, Lane 56)
Arabic
sath-, satah-, sitah-
- buttocks, posteriors, rump
(BK 1 1051, Lane 1306)
Selti
suto
- flesh of back above the hip
(EDG 556)
According to Leslau, from Cush. (Hadiya suto), but hardly so in view of the comparative data.
Chaha
šät
- leveled ground before a house is built
(EDG 587)
Ezha
šet
- leveled ground before a house is built
(EDG 587)
Endegen
ušt
- waist
(EDG 102)
Muher
šät
- leveled ground before a house is built
(EDG 587)
Mehri
šīt
- buttocks
(ML 396)
Jibbali
s̃ét, šɔ̄
- buttocks
(JL 264)
Harsusi
šīt
- backside, posterior
(HL 125)
Soqotri
šɛʰ
- genital organs, pudenda
(
LS
413;
CSOL I
656;
Naumkin et al. 2013b
:561)