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Geez
ˁallama - to write, to seal, to teach, to make a sign, to mark
(CDG 61)
Kogan 2015:40, note 93: “Gez. ˁallama ‘to write, to seal, to teach, to make a sign, to mark’ (CDG 61) and related EthS forms are rightly considered Arabisms by Leslau.”
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PCS
*ˁlm
- (to) sign
(Kogan 2015:40, note 94)
Contra HALOT 834, there is hardly any connection with Hbr. ˁlm ‘to be hidden, concealed.’