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Geez
baḳʷˁa - to be useful, benefit, tp have advantage, to be appropriate
(CDG 99)
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*bḳʷˁ
- to fit, to be sufficient
(CDG 99, Kogan 2015: 459)
The origin of Proto-EthS *bḳʷˁ ‘to be sufficient’ is uncertain, but note Arb. bqˁ = ˀiktafā (TA 20 346).