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Geez
fawt - dissolute woman
(CDG 172)
Probably related. Otherwise from fota, fawata ‘to err, stray’ (so in CDG 172).
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PWS
*pVˀw/y(-at)-
- genital organ
(SED I No. 206)
Problematic: scarce attestation only in Arb. and Eth.; meanings rather diverse.