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PWS
*ˁa(n)ṣab- - sinew, nerves
(SED I No. 16)
Poorly attested; the MSA terms may be Arabisms. The Tgr. form is hardly an Arb. loan pace [Leslau Loanwords 166].
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Arabic
ˁaṣab-
- (coll.) nerfs
(BK 2 268, Lane 2058)
Tigre
ˁanṣäbät
- sinew
(WTS 475)
Var ˀanṣäbät. According to Munzinger, ˀanṣäbät ‘nerf, corde’.
Mehri
ˀāṣbīt
- sinew, nerve
(ML 30)
Jibbali
ˁaṣbέt
- condition of having headaches
(JL 16)
Looks like a late semantic development; note that in [JH 10] the same Jib. word is quoted untranslated obviously implying the same meaning ‘sinew, nerve’ as in Hrs.
Harsusi
ˀāṣebét
- sinew, nerve
(HL 10)