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PS
*kanap- - wing
(SED I No. 145; Kogan 2011: 225)
Words
Akkadian
kappu
- wing; quill, plumage, frond
(CAD K 185, AHw. 444)
Formally identical to kappu ‘arm, hand’ (see PS
*kapp-
‘palm, flap of hand or foot’).
Ugaritic
knp
- wing
(DLU 220)
Hebrew
kānāp
- wing
(HALOT 486)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
kənap
- wing
(Jastrow 651)
det. kanpā (also ‘lap’)
Syriac
kenpā
- wing
(LSyr. 334, SL 636)
Mandaic
kanpa
- wing; side, arm
(MD 199, 77)
The meaning ‘arm’ is likely accounted for by contamination with *kapp- ‘palm, flap of hand or foot’ (No. 148)
Arabic
kanaf-
- wing, pinion
(BK 2 937)
Geez
kənf
- wing; fin (of fish); branch of tree; border (of garment, land)
(CDG 287)
Tigre
kənəf
- wing
(WTS 418)
Tigrinya
kənfi
- wing
(Bass. 608)
Amharic
kənf
- wing
(AED 1445)
Argobba
kənf
- wing
(Leslau 1997: 208)
Wolane
kəf
- wing
(EDG 345)
Zway
kəf
- wing
(EDG 345)
Muher
kanfa
- wing
(EDG 345)
Masqan
kanfa
- wing
(EDG 345)
Gogot
kanfa
- wing
(EDG 345)
Soddo
kənf
- wing
(EDG 345)