Also in the majority of modern EthS.
Geez
ˀəber - old woman
(CDG 5)
Cf. ˀəberāwi - old man, old woman (CDG 5).
As argued in SED I No. 223, the EthS forms cannot be separated from PS
*pay- ‘mouth’ in spite of the highly specific ˀa-extension whose origin remains
to be explained.
Geez
ˀafˁot - adder, viper
(LGz. 9, LLA 1377, Gr. 253)
most likely ab Amharism, cf. LLA 808