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Mehri
γátfen - (woman) to keep the face covered
(ML 134)
Cf. γôfen ‘bedecken’ (Jahn 1902:183), əγtəfūn ‘to hide oneself’ (ML 134).
Reconstruction
PWS
*γpn
- to wrap, to cover
(Kogan 2005c:188)