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

> Proto-Semitic *gaw(w)-, 'inside, interior, midst': reflexes in 4 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*gaw(w)- |
| Meaning | 'inside, interior, midst' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syrian Aramaic | gaw, gawwā 'the inside, inward parts, hence the inside, midst, inner part'; bgaw, lgaw 'within, inside' (Payne Smith 62) | Payne Smith 62 |  |
| Arabic | jaww 'the inside, or interior, of a house or tent' (Lane 478) | Lane 478 |  |
| Punic | Neo-Punic bhgw (Krahmalkov 97) | Krahmalkov 97 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | gwy (DNWSI 218) | DNWSI 218 | gloss 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'.

## Linked from

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

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