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√WSM
▪ WSM_1 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ WSM_2 ‘...’ ↗...
▪ WSM_3 ‘...’ ↗... ♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘brand, sign, branding iron; to cauterise; good looks; seasons, returning occasions, spring rain; to see signs of certain traits in s.o., to gauge; to ornament’
▪ From protSem *√WSM ‘to be(come) fitting, suitable’ – Huehnergard2011.
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▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl monsoon, from Ar ↗mawsim ‘season’, from ↗wasama ‘to mark’, wasuma ‘to be(come) beautiful’.
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