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*ḥkk - to itch, scratch (oneself)
(SED I No. 23ᵥ)
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Akkadian
ekēku
- to scratch
(CAD E 63, AHw. 193)
Hebrew
ḥākak
- to scratch
(Jastrow 462)
pB.
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ḥkk
- to rub, scratch
(DJBA 460)
Syriac
ḥkk
- to scrape, to itch
(LSyr. 230, SL 449)
Mandaic
hkk, huk
- to itch, irritate
(MD 147)
Maalula
ḥkk
- reiben
(GNDM 35)
Marked as Arab.
Turoyo
ḥyk
- I. kratzen (to scratch)
(RG 505)
Arabic
ḥkk
- to scratch, scrape, rub, grate
(BK 1 469, Lane 614)
Geez
ḥakaka
- to itch, to scratch, to rub
(CDG 228)
Tigre
ḥakka, ḥankäkä
- to scrape, to rub
(WTS 88)
Amharic
akkäkä
- to have an itch, to scratch o.s. with the nails
(AED 1265)
Argobba
hakkäkä
- to scratch
(Leslau 1997: 204)
Harari
hakäka
- to scratch the itching part of the body
(EDH 81)
Selti
ankäkä
- to scratch when it itches
(EDG 33)
Wolane
ankäkä
- to scratch when it itches
(EDG 33)
Zway
ankäkä
- to scratch when it itches
(EDG 33)
Chaha
akäkä
- to scratch when it itches
(EDG 33)
Ezha
akkäkä
- to scratch when it itches
(EDG 33)
Endegen
akäkä
- to scratch when it itches
(EDG 33)
Ennemor
akäkä
- to scratch when it itches
(EDG 33)
Gyeto
akäkä
- to scratch when it itches
(EDG 33)
Mehri
ḥǝk
- to scratch
(ML 173)
Jibbali
ḥɔttk
- to scratch
(JL 107)
-t- stem. Note ḥekk ‘to level off a small surface’ [ibid.], with a meaning shift.
Harsusi
ḥek
- to scratch
(HL 58)