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*ṣ̂ew - salt
(Kogan 2011: 239)
usually thought to be a Cushitism (but cf. Kogan 2006c: 271 for a tentative comparison with Ugr. ṣṣm ‘salt-works’, Hbr. ṣīṣ ‘salt’)