Wiki/Kaphtor Semitic Roots/T*tpp: 'to spit' Root FieldValueReconstruction*tppMeaning'to spit'BasisSEDSEDSEDonline semet 2305 Reflexes LanguageFormSourcesNoteArabictff 'to spit' [Dozy 1 147]; also mtfft (non-vocalized) 'spittoon' [ibid.].Dozy 1 147Tigretäfʔa [LH 322 apud Munzinger]; cf. also tǝf bälä [ibid.]LH 322gloss withheldEast EthiopicWOL tuf balä, SEL tuff balä, ZWY tǝf-um bālä [LGur 592]LGur 592Hararituf bāya (SED I 328)SED I 328Geeztafʔa [LGz 570]LGz 570gloss withheldGurageCHA täfa EZ̆A MUH MSQ GOG SOD täffa, END tuff balä, CHA EZ̆A MUH MSQ GOG SOD ǝtǝff balä, ENN ǝtǝff barä, END ǝtuff barä, GYE itǝff barä [LGur 592]LGur 592Hebrewtōpät (HALOT 1780, 1781)HALOT 1780, 1781gloss withheldAmharictäffa [K 1001]K 1001gloss withheldJudaic Aramaictǝpap, tǝpē 'to spit' [Ja 1685], tūp 'spittle' [ibid. 1655]Ja 1685; Ja 1655Argobbantf; täffa [LArg. 221]LArg. 221gloss withheldTigrinyatäfʔe 'to vomit' [Bass 423]Bass 423Jibbalitféf [JJ 269]JJ 269 A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.Updated 22 October 2026Linked from 1 pageT