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√KʕB
▪ KʕB_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ KʕB_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ KʕB_3 ‘...’ ↗... ♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘ankle, ankle bone, heel; cube, dice, to fold in a square shape, square building; honour; the Ka’ba; busty, (of women) well-formed; to speed up’
▪ From WSem *√KʕB ‘to increase, swell’ – Huehnergard2011.
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▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl Kaaba, from Ar ↗kaʕbaẗ ‘cube, cubic structure’, from ↗kaʕaba, vb. I, ‘to swell, be full’ (said of breasts).
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