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PNWS
*ˀarway-/*ˀaryay-
- lion
(SED II Nos. 17, 18; Kogan 2015: 236)
semantic narrowing from a more general meaning “wild beast” in PWS
PNWS
*bˀr
- to explain
(Kogan 2015:96)
PNWS
*bdḳ
- make a breach
(EDA B 125)
PNWS
*bḥn
- to examine, test
(EDA I 134)
Must be related to Ar.
mḥn
‘to try, to test’.
PNWS
*biṣ̂ṣ̂-at-
- swamp
(EDA I 420)
PNWS
*dmy
- to be like, resemble
(HALOT 225, Kogan 2015:236)
no obvious cognates, with a possible exception of Tna.
dämmäwä
- ‘to be handsome, beautifuľ.
PNWS
*gˀy
- to be high, haughty, arrogant
(Kogan 2015:237, DRS 92)
PNWS
*gnb
- to steal
(Kogan 2015:237)
likely related to the anatomical term
*ganb-
‘side’, with a semantic shift from “to put aside” or similar (cf. Kopf 1976:192)
PNWS
*γarpill-
- storm cloud
(Kogan 2015:237)
The origin is uncertain, but an ultimate relationship with with Akk.
erpetu
‘cloud’, Ugr.
ˁrpt
is not to be ruled out
PNWS
*ḥšk
- to be dark
(Kogan 2015:237)
hypothetical Arabic cognates (
ḥsk
- ‘to bear rancor’;
suḥkūk
- ‘black’) are rather remote both formally or semantically
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