*pay-: 'mouth'
Root
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | *pay- |
| Meaning | 'mouth' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 75 |
Reflexes
| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | fum-un (gen. fim-in, acc. fam-an); also fam-, famm-, fim- [BK 2 635]; fūh 'mouth' (Lane 2464) | BK 2 635; Lane 2464 | |
| Akkadian | pû (OA pāʔum, pīum) OAkk on [AHw 872-874] | AHw 872-874 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ʔaf, pl. ʔafäyǝt [LH 388]. | LH 388 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | puma [DM 368] | DM 368 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | p [Aist 251] | Aist 251 | |
| East Ethiopic | SEL WOL ZWY af [LGur 19] | LGur 19 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | MUH MSQ GOG SOD af, CHA EŽA ãf, ENN END GYE ãfʷ [LGur 19] | LGur 19 | |
| Biblical Aramaic | pūm (BDB 1108) | BDB 1108 | |
| Phoenician | p-y (with 1 and 3 pron. suff.) [T 261] | T 261 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | py (HALOT 914); lpy (Krahmalkov 260) | HALOT 914; Krahmalkov 260 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | MAL ṯemma [Berg 102] TUR fēmo [R Ṭūrōyō 114] MLH pemo [J Mlah 185] HRT pemma [J Hert 195] NASS pümä [Tser 0164] ZKH pümma [R Zakho 109] MMND pom, emph. pomma [M MND 511] IRAN púmmā [Pen 112] | Berg 102; J Mlah 185; J Hert 195; Tser 0164; M MND 511; Pen 112 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | pǟ (HALOT 914); st. constr. pī | HALOT 914 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | ʔaf [K 1346] | K 1346 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | SAB f [SD 43]. | SD 43 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | pūmā [Ja 1142]; [DJPA 437a apud CAL] päm, det. pymh | Ja 1142; DJPA 437a; CAL | |
| Harari | af [LHar 19] | LHar 19 | |
| Syrian Aramaic | pūmā 'mouth, beak (of a bird), edge (of the sword)' [Brock 577] | Brock 577 | |
| Aramaic | SML OLD OFF pm (WARKA pu-um-mi-e), NAB pwm [HJ 916-917]; Dem. pm [HJ 1263] | HJ 916-917; HJ 1263 | |
| Geez | ʔaf, pl. ʔafaw [LGz. 8] | LGz. 8 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | ʔaf [Bass. 580] | Bass. 580 | |
| Argobba | af [LArg. 189] | LArg. 189 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | pum (Gelb AS 21, 28); pâ/pî / (Buck 2019, 331); pu(w), pū, pi(y), pī: bu, pu, da-dum-pi₅-DINGIR (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 144) | Gelb AS 21 28; Buck 2019, 331; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 144 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | cf. pù-wu /pu(w), pū, pi(y), pī/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 143) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 143 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic f (Al-Jallad 2026, 47) | Al-Jallad 2026 47 | gloss withheld |
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Notes
See 1154 (*pam-).
Updated 22 October 2026