# \*ʕ/ɣa/ub(a)b-: 'bosom, chest; dewlap'

> Proto-Semitic *ʕ/ɣa/ub(a)b-, 'bosom, chest; dewlap': reflexes in 6 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʕ/ɣa/ub(a)b- |
| Meaning | 'bosom, chest; dewlap' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 71 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ɣabab- 'hanging flesh under the chin (in certain animals), dewlap (in oxen), wattle (in the rooster), throat (in man)' \[BK 2 429\]; ɣabɣab- 'dewlap, wattle, throat' \[ibid. 433\] | BK 2 429; BK 433 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | ʕumba \[DM 344\] | DM 344 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Arabic | Cf. ʕubb- 'hollow of the armpit; breast' in \[Belot 468\] marked as a (Syro-Palestinian) dialectal form | Belot 468 |  |
| Amharic | ǝmbiya \[K 1330\]. | K 1330 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʕubbā \[Ja 1046\], ʕwb, det. ʕubbā \[DJPA 397a apud CAL\] | Ja 1046; DJPA 397a; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʕūb(b)ā 'sinus' \[Brock 503\] | Brock 503 |  |

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## Linked from

- [ʿ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/ayin/index.md>)

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