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Root k-b-d

Amharic ↔ Ugaritic

Both languages share identical consonants at this root —k-b-d↔ 𐎋-𐎁-𐎄. No Proto-Semitic sound change separates them here.

Amharic

am
root: k-b-d
  • ከበደkäbädäverb
    to be heavy, to be serious, to be difficult
  • ከባድkäbadadj
    difficult, heavy, serious

Ugaritic

ug
root: 𐎋-𐎁-𐎄
  • 𐎋𐎁𐎄kbdnoun
    liver
  • 𐎋𐎁𐎄kbdverb
    to extol
Canonical root family: k-b-d