*w/yll: 'to howl, wail' 1, 'woe, calamity' 2

Root

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Hebrew	yll (hif.) (HALOT 413; LGz. 623); yᵉlēl, yᵉlālā (HALOT 413)	HALOT 413; LGz. 623	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	yll (pa.) (HALOT 413)	HALOT 413
Syrian Aramaic	(ʾa)ylel (LGz. 623)	LGz. 623
Arabic	walwala (HALOT 413; LGz. 623); wayl 2 (Lane 3062)	HALOT 413; LGz. 623; Lane 3062	gloss withheld
Geez	waylawa (HALOT 413; LGz. 623); way(ə)le 2 (LGz. 623)	HALOT 413; LGz. 623	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	wäläl (LGz. 623)	LGz. 623	gloss withheld
Amharic	wäläle (LGz. 623); walale (HALOT 413)	LGz. 623; HALOT 413	gloss withheld
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic wll (D) 1; wyl, wl, wlt 2 (Al-Jallad 2026, 169)	Al-Jallad 2026 169	gloss withheld
Punic	Neo-Punic myll, in hmyll (Krahmalkov 209)	Krahmalkov 209	gloss withheld

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Onomatopoeic (HALOT 413), built on the interjection way 'woe' (LGz. 623). Geez waylawa is denominative from way(ə)le (LGz. 623).

Updated 3 November 2026