Reconstruction:Proto-Afroasiatic/tuf-

Proto-Afroasiatic

Root

*tuf-

1. (intransitive) to spit

Descendants

• Egyptian: tf (“to spit”)
  • Coptic: ⲑⲁϥ (thaf), ⲧⲁϥ (taf, “spit”)
• Proto-Chadic: *təfə (“to spit”)
  • Hausa: tofa (“spit”)
• Proto-Cushitic: *tuf- (“to spit”)
  • Oromo: tufuu (“to spit”)
  • Somali: tuf (“to spit”)
• Proto-Semitic: *tf (“to spit”)
  • Hijazi Arabic: تَفَّل (taffal, “to spit”)
  • Moroccan Arabic: تَفَّل (tfal, “to spit”)

References

• Ehret, Christopher (1995), Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic, →ISBN, page 139