Number: 2158
Proto-Semitic: *ma/utn-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: hip, loin; flesh of the back
Eblaitic: ma-da-nu /matnu(m)/ = SUM sa-šu [Fr 172; Bl E No. 68]
Ugaritic: mtn-m 'die Hüften (du.)' [Aist 199]
Hebrew: motnayim (du.) 'hips and loins' [KB 655]
Judaic Aramaic: motnīn (pl.) [Ja 752]; mtn 'loins' [Sok 337]
Syrian Aramaic: matnātā (pl.) 'lumbi; dorsa montium' [Brock 410]
Mandaic Aramaic: matna, mitna 'hip' [DM 257, 271]
Arabic: matn- 'partie du dos de chaque côté de l'épine dorsale' [BK 2 1058]
Mehri: mōtǝn 'flesh of back' [JM 273]
Jibbali: mútun 'flesh of the back' [JJ 76]
Harsusi: mōtǝn 'flesh, small of back' [JH 91]
Soqotri: móten 'hanche' [LS 254]
Notes: [KB 655]: HBR, ARM, ARB (also GEZ, AKK referring to *matn- 'sinew, tendon', No. ); [Brock 410]: SYR, JUD, HBR, ARB (also AKK, GEZ referring to *matn- 'sinew, tendon', No. ); [LS 254]: SOQ, ARB, HBR, SYR (also AKK, GEZ referring to *matn- 'sinew, tendon', No. )
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