The Proto-Semitic word bVlaʿ
Word bVlaʿ
Meaning to swallow, to eat
Synonyms tVʾ, tVw, ʾVkul

Comments
Kaye, Alan S. "Christopher Ehret. Reconstructing Proto-Afroasiatic (Proto-Afrasian): Vowels, Tone, Consonants, and Vocabulary", University of California 1995

Other words that might be of interest
šVtVy ‘drink’, ḥalīb ‘milk’, *wayn- ‘wine’