pVw/yVḫ- ~ pVḫḫ-: 'to snore, blow (of wind), spread (smell); to fart'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	pVw/yVḫ- ~ pVḫḫ-
Meaning	'to snore, blow (of wind), spread (smell); to fart'
Basis	reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SED	SEDonline semet 1071

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	fḫḫ 'to snore and whistle (said of one who is sleeping); to spread (said of an aroma)' [BK 2 551]; fwḫ 'to spread everywhere (said of a smell); to whistle (said of the wind); to pass gas' [BK 2 644]; fyḫ 'to pass gas and at the same time pass excrement' [BK 2 652]	BK 2 551; BK 2 644; BK 2 652
Aramaic	pwḥ (HSED 814)	HSED 814	gloss withheld
Hebrew	pwḥ (HSED 814)	HSED 814	gloss withheld

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

Hebrew and Aramaic pwḥ are also filed at 1125 *pVwVḥ- ~ *pVḥḥ-: their ḥ can continue *ḫ or *ḥ.

Updated 22 October 2026