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*rḳ - to spit
(SED I No. 81ᵥ)
Reconstructed as a biconsonantal element with various triconsonantizing augments in individual languages
Words
Hebrew
rōḳ
- spittle
(HALOT 1287)
Hebrew
rḳḳ
- to spit
(HALOT 1292)
Hebrew
yrḳ
- to spit
(HALOT 440)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
rḳḳ
- to spit
(DJPA 530)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
rwḳ
- to spit
(DJPA 520)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
yrḳ
- to spit
(DJPA 246)
Syriac
rḳḳ
- to spit
(LSyr. 742, SL 1490)
Syriac
reḳḳā, ruḳḳā
- spittle
(LSyr. 742, SL 1490)
Arabic
rīq-/rīqat-
- saliva
(BK 1 964, Lane 1202)
Arabic
ryq
- rendre, vomir, cracher quelque chose (to throw up, spit something)
(BK 1 963)
Geez
raḳ
- spittle
(CDG 617)
Geez
mərāḳ
- saliva
(CDG 617)
Geez
wrḳ
- to spit
(CDG 617)
Tigre
mərraḳ
- spittle
(WTS 114)
Tigrinya
mərraḳ
- saliva (saliva)
(TED 561, Bassano 1918: 83)
Amharic
məraḳ
- saliva, spittle, spit
(AED 182)
Argobba
murač̣
- saliva
(Leslau 1956: 213)
Selti
mərāḳ
- spittle, saliva
(EDG 422)
Wolane
məraḳ
- spittle, saliva
(EDG 422)
Zway
məraḳ
- spittle, saliva
(EDG 422)
Endegen
mənəˀ
- spittle, saliva
(EDG 422)
On *-r- > -n- see [ibid. LI]; on *-ḳ > -ˀ see [ibid. LXVI].