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*gŝˁ/ˀ - to belch, retch, vomit
(SED I No. 17ᵥ)
Words
Akkadian
gešû
- to belch
(CAD G 64, AHw. 287)
Hebrew
gˁš
- (hitpo.) to vomit loudly
(HALOT 200)
Cf. Hbr. pB. gˁš ‘to cough or sneeze’ (Jastrow 261) with a meaning shift.
Syriac
gsy
- to spit out, belch, vomit
(LSyr. 126, SL 250)
Mandaic
gsa, gus
- to vomit, to belch
(MD 96, 84)
Arabic
ǯˁs
- to deposit excrements
(BK 1 300, Lane 429)
A variant root with a meaning shift?
Arabic
ǯšˀ
- to burp
(BK 1 295, Lane 426)
Geez
gʷäŝˁa
- to belch, vomit
(CDG 205)
Tigre
gäsˁa
- to belch
(WTS 580)
Amharic
gässa
- to belch, to emit blood
(AED 1954)
Argobba
(as)gessa
- to belch
(Leslau 1997: 203)
Harari
giziˀ āša
- to belch
(EDH 77)
With unexpected -z-.
Selti
atgēsä
- to belch
(EDG 297)
Wolane
atgesä
- to belch
(EDG 297)
Zway
(a)gäsa
- to belch
(EDG 297)
Chaha
(a)gäsa
- to belch
(EDG 297)
Ezha
agässa
- to belch
(EDG 297)
Endegen
agässaˀa
- to belch
(EDG 297)
Gyeto
(a)gäsa
- to belch
(EDG 297)
Muher
agässa
- to belch
(EDG 297)
Masqan
agässa
- to belch
(EDG 297)
Gogot
agässa
- to belch
(EDG 297)
Soddo
agässa
- to belch
(EDG 297)
Mehri
gǝŝō
- to belch, eructate
(ML 126)
Jibbali
s̃ǝgéŝi (caus.-refl.)
- to belch
(JL 80)
Harsusi
geŝō
- to belch (from over-eating)
(HL 42)