PES

*sˁm - to kiss (CDG 481; Kogan 2015: 463)

The origin of Proto-EthS *sˁm ‘to kiss’ is unknown. Yemenite Arabic saˁam (Behnstedt 559), correctly identified with the Ethiopian root by W. Müller (apud Leslau), is to be attributed to the contact with an early forerunner of EthS on the Arabian soil.

Geez

saˁama - to kiss (CDG 481)

Tigre

säˁamä - to kiss (WTS 194)

Tigrinya

säˁamä - to kiss (TED 761)

Amharic

samä - to kiss (AED 465)

Argobba

sähama, sahama, säˁam - to kiss (Leslau 1997: 219, AAD 151)

Selti

sāmä - to kiss (EDG 530)

Wolane

samä - to kiss (EDG 530)

Zway

sāmä - to kiss (EDG 530)

Gafat

samä - to kiss (Leslau 1956:230)

Chaha

samä - to kiss (EDG 530)

Ezha

samä - to kiss (EDG 530)

Endegen

saˀamä - to kiss (EDG 530)

Ennemor

sãˀām̠ä - to kiss (EDG 530)

Gyeto

saˀam̠a - to kiss (EDG 530)

Muher

samä - to kiss (EDG 530)

Masqan

samä - to kiss (EDG 530)

Gogot

samä - to kiss (EDG 530)

Soddo

samä - to kiss (EDG 530)