# \*ṭVb(w)-: 'teat'

> Proto-Semitic *ṭVb(w)-, 'teat': reflexes in 14 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ṭVb(w)- |
| Meaning | 'teat' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2227 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ṭiby-, ṭuby- 'udder, teat' \[BK 2 58\] | BK 2 58 |  |
| Mehri | wōṭǝb \[JM 433\] | JM 433 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | ʔáṭab \[LS 57\] (see also \[SSL 4 100\]); áˀaṭab, áṭab (SLOnline 3166) | LS 57; SSL 4 100; SLOnline 3166 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | ḥāṭeb \[JH 138\] | JH 138 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ṭub \[LH 616\], pl. ʔaṭbay | LH 616 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | SEL WOL ZWY ṭub \[LGur 607\] | LGur 607 |  |
| Geez | ṭǝb, pl. ʔaṭbāt \[LGz 587\] | LGz 587 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | MSQ ṭǝb, GOG SOD ṭǝbuyyä, EŽA END ṭǝw, MUH ṭǝwǝyyä, GOG ṭǝwuyyäč, ENN END GYE ṭu \[LGur 607\] | LGur 607 |  |
| Jibbali | ɛ́ṭǝb \[JJ 294\] | JJ 294 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | ṭut \[K 2139\] | K 2139 | gloss withheld |
| Harari | ṭōt \[LHar 156\] | LHar 156 | gloss withheld |
| Gafat | ṭŭwwä \[LGaf 242\] | LGaf 242 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | ṭub 'breast, udder' \[Bass 913\] | Bass 913 |  |
| Argobba | ṭut, ṭəw (Leslau 1997:222, AAD 470 apud SEDonline 744) | Leslau 1997:222, AAD 470; SEDonline 744 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

PES \*ṭbw 'to suck' (Gez. ṭabawa, Tgr. ṭäba, Tna. ṭäbäwä, Amh. ṭäbba, Sod. ṭobbä, Har. ṭäba) is derived from this noun (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §4.1 no. 15).

## Linked from

- [ṭ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/tet/index.md>)

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