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Geez
ˁarḳa, taˁarḳa - to be orphaned
(CDG 70)
An independent semantic development from the main meaning of Gez.
ˁarḳa
- ‘to be bare, naked’ or metathetic from PCS
*ˁḳr
- ‘to be barren, childless’