*maʕay/w-: 'intestines, entrails'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*maʕay/w-
Meaning'intestines, entrails'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 2150

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicmaʕy-, maʕan (pl. ʔamʕaʔ-) 'intestines' [BK 2 1131]BK 2 1131
Mehrimǝʔwǝyēn [JM 260]JM 260gloss withheld
Soqotrimiʕḥo (míḥo) [LS 248].LS 248gloss withheld
Akkadianamūtu OB [CAD a2 96], OAkk [AHw 461], mu-ú-tum [ibid].CAD a2 96; AHw 461gloss withheld
Harsusimʕeyīn [JH 87]JH 87
Tigremǝʕo, mǝʕotay, mǝʕotät, pl. ʔamʕit [LH 135]LH 135gloss withheld
Mandaic Aramaicmia [DM 265]DM 265gloss withheld
East Ethiopic(?) ZWY moʔo [LGur 386].LGur 386gloss withheld
Geezʔamāʕut [LGz 23]LGz 23gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic*mǝʕē (pl.suff. mǝʕṓhī) 'belly' (BDB 1101).BDB 1101
Modern AramaicMAL maʕwṯa [Berg 56] AZR miya [Garb 319]Berg 56; Garb 319gloss withheld
Hebrewmēʕayim (pl.) (HALOT 609); PB maʕyān [Ja 816]HALOT 609; Ja 816gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaicmǝʕā (mǝʕayyā), maʕyānā [Ja 812, 816]; mʕyn (pl.) [DJPA 322b apud CAL]Ja 812, 816; DJPA 322b; CALgloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicmǝʕayyā, mǝʕūtā 'intestines' [Brock 397]Brock 397
Tigrinyaʔamʕut 'intestine' [Bass 491]Bass 491
AramaicDem. mʕyn (du.) [HJ 1260]HJ 1260gloss withheld

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Updated 22 October 2026

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