הקיא

הקיא

Hebrew

Etymology

Root
ק־י־א‎

Likely based on an onomatopoeia for retching, with parallel developments in other Afroasiatic languages, if not inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic, encountered in Ge'ez ቄአ (ḳeʾä), present ይቂእ (yəḳiʾ, “to vomit”), Tigre ቀኣ (ḳäʾa, “to vomit”), Arabic قَاءَ‎ (qāʾa), and similarly in Egyptian qꜣꜥ, qjs (“to vomit”), qꜣ, qꜣꜣ (“to be putrid; to vomit”). Compare קָא‎ (qa, “to vomit, to retch”), in the pa'ál/kál binyan.

Verb

הֵקִיא • (hekí) (hif'il construction, passive counterpart הוּקָא‎)

1. to vomit

Related terms

• קָא‎
• הוּקָא‎