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PS
*katip- - shoulder
(SED I No. 154)
Words
Akkadian
katappātu
- sternum or part of the ribs
(CAD K 303, AHw. 465)
Possibly related to PS
*katip-
‘shoulder’.
Ugaritic
ktp
- shoulder
(DLU 230)
Hebrew
kātēp
- shoulder, upper arm
(HALOT 505)
Demotic Aramaic
ktp
- shoulder
(DNWSI 1258)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ktp
- shoulder
(DJPA 272)
det. kytph
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
kətap
- shoulder
(Jastrow 682)
det. katpā
Syriac
katpā
- shoulder
(LSyr. 353, SL 663)
Mandaic
kadpa
- shoulder
(MD 195)
Problematic. Note an unusual dissimilation of voiceless stops, possibly by contamination with gadpa ‘wing’ [MD 74] (see *gadp ‘wing’, No. 74).
Maalula
ḫaffta
- shoulder, arm
(GNDM 43)
with metathesis
Mlaḥso
kespo
- shoulder
(Jastrow Mlaḥ. 179)
Turoyo
katfo
- Schulter (shoulder)
(RW 269)
Hertevin
kepta
- shoulder
(Jastrow Hert. 190)
with metathesis
Arabic
katif-
- shoulder-blade, shoulder
(BK 2 862, Lane 2998)
Geez
matkaf
- shoulder, shoulder blade
(CDG 372)
with metathesis
Tigre
mäktäf
- shoulder
(WTS 415)
Mehri
katf
- top of the back, back of shoulder
(ML 217)
Jibbali
kεtf
- back of shoulder
(HL 71)
Harsusi
kətf
- back of shoulder
(HL 71)