gab(V)b-, gVb(b)-an-: 'hump, hunch'

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	ǧabab- 'wound made by the pack-saddle on the camel's hump' [BK 1 246]; ʔaǧabb- 'that has a damaged or cut-off hump (camel); that has no hump' [ibid.]	BK 1 246
Gurage	MUH gʷǝbǝn, GOG gʷäbana [LGur 257]	LGur 257	gloss withheld
Hebrew	(?) gibbēn (HALOT 174).; gab in gabbe-; PbH gaḇ (LGz. 177)	HALOT 174; LGz. 177	gloss withheld
Amharic	gʷäbäbb alä.		gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	gibnā [Ja 234] and gǝbintā [ibid. 207]; gbynh, det. gbynth [DJPA 119b apud CAL]	Ja 234; Ja 207; DJPA 119b; CAL	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	gǝbībā 'hunchbacked' [Brock 100]	Brock 100
Eblaitic	/gaban/: names ga-ba-AN, ga-ba-nu, ga-ba-núm (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 173)	Sanmartín GlOS 1, 173	gloss withheld
Geez	gabbaba (LGz. 177)	LGz. 177	gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaic	gab (gbb) (LGz. 177)	LGz. 177	gloss withheld
Tigre	gäbb bela (LGz. 177)	LGz. 177	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	gʷägʷäbä (LGz. 177)	LGz. 177	gloss withheld

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Updated 22 October 2026