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PWS
*gbṯ - hump (of an animal)
(SED I No. 82; Kogan 2011: 230)
Words
Akkadian
gipšu
- a deformation of part of the exta
(CAD G 84, AHw. 290)
The relation to WS forms is unclear.
Ugaritic
gbṯt
- hump
(DUL 293, Watson 2007: 83)
As long as the Ugaritic word is thought to mean “hump,” there is no need to consider it a borrowing from Akk.
gipšu
‘mass’, see SED I No. 82 (Kogan 2015: 361).
Tigre
gäbəs
- crook-backed
(WTS 584)
Wolane
gumbus
- hunchbacked
(EDG 277)
Gogot
gumbəs
- hunchbacked
(EDG 277)
Soddo
gumbus
- hunchbacked
(EDG 277)