Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ṯ̣amiʔ-

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Proto-Semitic

Verb

*ṯ̣amiʔ-

1. to thirst

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: [script needed] (ṣamû)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: ظَمِئَ (ẓamiʔa)
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: צָמֵא (tsamé)
      • Ugaritic: [script needed] (ġmʔ)
    • Old South Arabian:
      • Old South Arabian: 𐩼𐩣𐩱 (ẓmʾ)
  • Modern South Arabian:
    • Mehri: ẓayme
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Amharic: ጠማ- (ṭämma-)
    • Ge'ez: ጸምአ (ṣämʾä)
    • Tigre: ጸምኣ (ṣämʾa)
    • Tigrinya: ጸምኤ (ṣämʾe)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 557a