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*ḫyl - to be in labour; have labour pains
(SED I No. 33v)
Words
Akkadian
ḫâlu
- to be in labour
(CAD Ḫ 55, AHw. 342)
Akkadian
ḫayyāltu
- woman in labour
(CAD Ḫ 32, AHw. 309)
Akkadian
ḫīlū
- labour pains
(CAD Ḫ 189, AHw. 346)
Ugaritic
ḫl
- to writhe (with birth pains)
(DUL 389)
Ugaritic
ḫllt
- procreation childbirth
(DUL 392)
Hebrew
ḥīl, ḥīlā
- labour pains
(HALOT 312)
Hebrew
ḥyl
- to be in labour
(HALOT 310)
Arabic
ḫyl
- IV. avoir du lait (se dit d'une chamelle) (to have milk (said of a camel)
(BK 1 657)
Related with a meaning shift?
Jibbali
maḫtél
- unborn baby which dissapears in the womb for a long time before coming back
(JL 310)