Tigrinya

č̣äbbäṭä - to grasp, to grip, to hold on to, to hold tight, to clutch; to press, to compress, to squeeze, to squeeze əngēra-bread into a ball with the hands (TED 2514)

PS
*ṣ̂bṭ - to seize, take hold of, catch (HALOT 997; Kogan 2015: 221)