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Tigrinya
hiw bälä - to fall
(TED 38)
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*hwy
- to be
(Kogan 2015:399)
As pointed out by J. Tropper (1993a:280), “in dieser Bed. und mit w als zweitem Radikal ausschliesslich aram.” The Hebrew form with y (hāyā, HALOT 241) is probably an innovation.