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PS
*ḳy/wˀ - to vomit
(SED I No. 39ᵥ; Kogan 2011: 231)
Words
Akkadian
kâˀu
- to spew, to vomit
(CAD K 309, G 59, AHw. 284)
Var. gâˀu.
An unusual case of PS *ḳ- yielding k-/g- in Akk.
Hebrew
ḳyˀ
- to spit, be sick; (hip.) to vomit something
(HALOT 1096)
Arabic
qyˀ
- to vomit
(BK 2 844, Lane 2575)
Geez
ḳeˀa
- to vomit
(CDG 456)
Tigre
ḳäˀa
- to vomit
(WTS 255)
Amharic
ḳʷǝḳḳ alä
- to break winds almost imperceptibly, to let a series of farts, to make a noise in vomiting
(AED 761)
Note reduplication in the quasi-verbal element ḳʷǝḳḳ.
Mehri
ḳáwya
- to vomit
(ML 246)
Jibbali
ḳéˀ
- to vomit
(JL 156)
Harsusi
ḳéwya
- to vomit
(HL 80)
Soqotri
ḳe
- to vomit
(
LS
370;
CSOL I
597;
CSOL II
521)