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Amharic
rukabe - coitus, sexual intercourse
(AED 402)
Very likely a loan from Gez. rukābe ‘intercourse’ (CDG 469).
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*rkb
- to ride; to (be) join(ed), connect(ed); to mount
(SED I No. 60ᵥ; Kogan 2015: 457)