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*bik(ʷ)ay-, *bukay- - kind of insect or worm
(SED II No. 57)
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Akkadian
bukānu
- pestle
(CAD B 308, AHw. 136)
Var. bukannu.
Probably from Sum. GIŠ.GAN(-na) “pestle, bolt, bar” (on the Sum. word see Edzard 1970:13f., 20f.; Steinkeller 1989:36f.).
Hebrew
bīkay
- name of a spider
(Jastrow 161)
pB.
Hebrew
bukyā
- the spider
(Jastrow 145, Levy I 198)
pB.
Tigrinya
bəkkʷ
- gnawing insect, worm, mouse wich destroys grain before it sprouts
(TED 1170)
Zway
bōke
- gnat
(EDG 135)