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*šibb- - kind of snake, worm
(SED II No. 200)
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Akkadian
šibbu
- a snake
(CAD Š₂ 375, AHw. 1226)
Chaha
šiba
- kind of worm
(EDG 571)
Ezha
šiba
- kind of worm
(EDG 571)
Endegen
šīwä
- kind of worm
(EDG 571)
Ennemor
šība
- kind of worm
(EDG 571)
Gyeto
sība
- kind of worm
(EDG 531)
According to LGur. 531, the Gye. form is borrowed from Oromo.
Gyeto
šīḇa
- kind of worm
(EDG 571)
Mehri
šəbšīb
- red waterworm
(ML 392)
‘kind of fish with a long, slender body and a very long lower jaw’ (Jahn 1902 228)
Jibbali
šəbšéb
- red waterworm
(JL 392)
Eastern Jibbali
Harsusi
šebšebēt
- small red worm, centipede
(HL 123)