# \*warik-(at-): '(upper) thigh, hip'

> Proto-Semitic *warik-(at-), '(upper) thigh, hip': reflexes in 15 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*warik-(at-) |
| Meaning | '(upper) thigh, hip' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2236 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | wark-, wirk- 'hip, upper part of the thigh' \[BK 2 1524\], warak- 'the bone itself of the hip', warik- 'the top of the femur, hip' \[ibid.\] | BK 2 1524 |  |
| Mehri | wǝrkīt \[JM 430\] | JM 430 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | (w)arkatu OA, OB on (Ass urkatu) \[CAD a2 274\], \[AHw 1467\] | CAD a2 274; AHw 1467 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | wǝrkēt \[JH 136\] | JH 136 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | wärkät \[LH 434\] | LH 434 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | (?) yrk (?) \[Aist 137\], \[Del Olmo 562\], yrkt \[Aist 137\], \[Del Olmo 562\] | Aist 137 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | CHA EŽA GYE GOG SOD wärčä, MUH MSQ wärǝččä, ENN wäčä, END wäččä \[LGur 662\] | LGur 662 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | yarḵātēh (suff.) 'thigh' (BDB 1096) | BDB 1096 |  |
| Jibbali | irs̃ét \[JJ 292\] | JJ 292 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | yārēk (HALOT 439); \*yǝrēkā (in yarkatō, etc.) (ibid.) | HALOT 439 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | wärč \[K 1507\] | K 1507 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | SAB wrk \[SD 162; Sabaweb lemma 5429\] | SD 162; Sabaweb lemma 5429 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | yǝrak, yarḵā, yīrāk, yarḵūnā \[Ja 597\]; yrk, det. yarḵā \[DJPA 245b apud CAL\] | Ja 597; DJPA 245b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | wäräkät 'the bone of slaughtered animals, especially of chickens, which is a morsel reserved for the lady of the house' \[Bass 642\] | Bass 642 |  |
| Eblaitic | wa-rí-gú-um, wa-rí⟨-gú⟩-um (SED I 258; VE 864; Krebernik 1983, 33); wa-rí-gúm, wa-rí-gú-um, wa-rí&lt;-gú&gt;-um /warik/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 354) | SED I 258; VE 864; Krebernik 1983, 33; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 354 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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