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Geez
ŝaḥaḳa - to laugh
(CDG 528)
Var. ŝəḥḳa. With dissimilation of the two “emphatics”?
Reconstruction
PWS
*ṣ̂ḥk/ṣ̂ḥḳ
- to laugh
(SED I 70ᵥ)
The level of reconstruction is uncertain due to semantic difficulties concerning the possible Akkadian cognate.