Semitic Etymological Database
Note a meaning shift. For the n-suffixation see notes to Soq. leˁánhen - gills in *luγ(γ)- - throat (SED I No. 176 ). Note, however, a similar structure of one of the Arb. forms.
Reconstruction
Usually united with similar forms meaning ‘throat’, ‘to lick’, etc. (see *luγ(γ)- ‘throat’). Cf. *lVḥy-at- - cheek, jaw No. 178.