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PES
*wlṭ/*lwṭ - to change
(CDG 614; Kogan 2015: 464)
The origin of Proto-EthS *wlṭ/*lwṭ ‘to change’ is uncertain, but it might be related to PWS
*lwṭ
‘to twist, to turn, to do a second time’.
Words
Geez
wallaṭa
- to change, exchange, alter, barter; to transcribe, register
(CDG 614)
Tigre
läwäṭä
- to change
(WTS 45)
Amharic
läwwäṭä
- to change
(AED 101)
Harari
nāwäṭä
- to change
(EDH 120)
Probably also related with unexpected change *l- > n.
Soddo
liwwäṭä
- to change
(EDG 384)