PES

*ˁVl-at-/*maˁal-t- - day (Kogan 2015: 459)

Derived from the verbal root *wˁl ‘to spend the day,’ for which no persuasive etymology has been suggested so far (cf. CDG 603).

Geez
ˁəlat - day (CDG 603)
Geez
moˁalt - day (CDG 603)
Tigre
ˁəlät - day (WTS 443)
Tigre
mäˁal, məˁəl - day (WTS 443)
Tigrinya
ˁəlät - day (TED 476)
Tigrinya
mäˁalti - day (TED 1829)
Harari
mäˀaltu, māltu - day (= “in daytime”) (EDH 102)
Harari
mōy - day (= “24 hours”) (EDH 116)
Soddo
may - day (EDG 441)