*npy: 'to sieve' 1, 'purification, atonement' 2, 'cloth, tunic' 3

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*npy
Meaning'to sieve' 1, 'purification, atonement' 2, 'cloth, tunic' 3
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadiannapû 1 (Kogan 2011, 242)Kogan 2011 242
Hebrewnāpā 1; pB. nippā 1 (Kogan 2011, 242)Kogan 2011 242gloss withheld
Judaic AramaicJPA npy 1 (Kogan 2011, 242)Kogan 2011 242
Syrian Aramaicnfātā 1 (Kogan 2011, 242)Kogan 2011 242gloss withheld
Geeznafaya 1 (Kogan 2011, 242); manfe (LGz. 390)Kogan 2011 242; LGz. 390gloss withheld
Eblaiticcf. ni-bí-tum /nipīt/ 1 (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 99)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 99gloss withheld
Ugariticnpt 1 (DULAT 629); npy 2 (DULAT 630); npyn 3 (DULAT 630)DULAT 629; DULAT 630gloss withheld
Tigrinyanäfäyä; mänfit (LGz. 390)LGz. 390gloss withheld
Tigrenäfa; mänfet (LGz. 390)LGz. 390
Hararinäfa; wänfit (LGz. 390)LGz. 390
Amharicnäffa; wänfit (LGz. 390)LGz. 390
Guragewänfit (LGz. 390)LGz. 390
Argobbawänfitä (LGz. 390)LGz. 390

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Notes

PS *npy 'to sieve', one of two PS roots for sieving, beside *nḫl (3215) (Kogan 2011, 242). DULAT 630 sets Latin mappa 'tablecloth', a Punic word (DNWSI 673), beside npyn 'tunic'.

Updated 4 November 2026

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