*gaw(w)-: 'inside, interior, midst'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*gaw(w)-
Meaning'inside, interior, midst'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Syrian Aramaicgaw, gawwā 'the inside, inward parts, hence the inside, midst, inner part'; bgaw, lgaw 'within, inside' (Payne Smith 62)Payne Smith 62
Arabicjaww 'the inside, or interior, of a house or tent' (Lane 478)Lane 478
PunicNeo-Punic bhgw (Krahmalkov 97)Krahmalkov 97gloss withheld
Aramaicgwy (DNWSI 218)DNWSI 218gloss withheld

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Notes

Tomback 63 reads Phoenician bgw 'in the midst of' (KAI 17.1); Krahmalkov 138 reads GW there as a place name. Not 2355 *gaw(w)iʾ- 'body; corps; chest, belly; interior', whose Notes set the non-anatomical *gaw(w)- apart; not 3333 *gaw- 'people'.

Updated 28 October 2026

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