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*ḫaml-, *ḫVlVm- - kind of insect
(SED II No. 109)
The reconstruction is not very reliable as it presupposes metathesis combined with a rather vague semantic correspondence.
Words
Akkadian
ḫilammu
- a locust
(CAD Ḫ 184, AHw. 345)
Attested in lexical lists (var. ḫilimmu).
Mehri
ḫəmlīt
- bug
(ML 444)
Jibbali
ḫamlɔ́t
- bug
(JL 302)
Harsusi
ḫemlēt
- animal bug, pest
(HL 141)
Soqotri
ḥámla
- tick
(Naumkin–Porhomovskiy 1981: 65)