kappu [Á : ] (n. ; syn. idu, izīru)
[Human → Body]
1) a hand , a palm ;
kappāya : my hands ;
išid kappu : the base of the hand ;
: ina muḫḫi kappu : in one go ;
2) animal : a paw ;
3) a small bowl wooden, of silver or gold ,
plural : kappāni : small bowls ;
4)
kāpu ? : edge (?) , bank (?) ;
Comparison with other Semitic languages :
- Proto-Semitic : *kapp "palm"
- Arabic : kaff كَفّ "palm"
- Hebrew : kaṗ כַּפ "palm"
- Ugaritic : kpp
"hand, palm"
- Ge'ez : kāf