*ktp: 'to bind'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ktp
Meaning	'to bind'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Geez	katafa (yəktəf); kətuf; kʷətfat, kutfat (LGz. 297)	LGz. 297	gloss withheld
Arabic	katafa 'to bind someone with the hands behind the back' (BK 2 861)	BK 2 861
Soqotri	ktf (LGz. 297)	LGz. 297

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Notes

LGz. 297 compares Arabic katafa 'tie the hands behind the back' and takes the k-p-t forms of K0101 *kVpVt- 'bind' as a metathesis. BK 2 861 gives katafa 'to strike at the shoulder blade' as its first sense, beside katif 'shoulder blade' (1948).

Updated 28 October 2026

*ktp: 'to bind'

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