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*gVl(a)p­at- - skin; peel; scales; test (SED I No. 80)

Scarce but reliable attestation; variant root (with g vs. ḳ) of *ḳVlVp(­at)­ ‘scale; shell; (hard) skin; foreskin (?); peel; bark of tree’; also *gu/alb­ ‘(piece of) skin’

Syriac
glāptā - crab shell (LSyr. 119, SL 239)
Arabic
ǯilf- - peau d'une bête ôtée et vidée (skin of an animal removed and emptied) (BK 1 317)
Arabic
ǯulfat- - morceau de peau enlevée (piece of skin removed) (BK 1 317)
Amharic
gälläfä - to peel (AED 1903)
Amharic
gäläfät - husk, peel, fish scales (AED 1903)