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Ugaritic
ˁmḳ - valley
(DUL 165)
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PS
*ˁmḳ
- to be deep
(CDG 63)
Semantically unambiguous cognates to this root are missing from both Akkadian and MSA. Cf. Akk.
emēḳu
‘to be wise’ and MSA
*ˁamḳ-
‘midst, interior’.