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√TFL
spit, spittle, saliva – WehrCowan1979.
▪ From Sem *tpl ‘to spit’ – SED#v73.
▪ SED#v73: Ar tafala (i, u) ‘to spit’, tafl, tufl, tufāl ‘spittoon, cuspidor’, Mhr təfūl, Ḥrs tefōl, Jib tfɔl ‘to spit’. – ? Cf. also Hbr tāpēl ‘s.th. unsalted, insipid, dull’, tpl ‘to utter stupidity, speak foolishly’.
▪ SED#v73: The modSAr forms are poorly attested and may be Arabisms.
▪ SED#v73: Is Sem *TPP (Ar ↗taffa) ‘to spit’ the source for TPL (suffixed * L)?
▪ Cf. ↗taffa, ↗tuff.
▪ Cf. also ↗ṯufl and ↗ṭufāl.
► tafala, u (tafl), vb. I, to spit: denom. (?) ► tufāl, n., spit, spittle, saliva: var. of tufl. ► tafil, adj., ill-smelling, malodorous:…
► mitfalaẗ, n.f., spittoon, cuspidor: n.instr.
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