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PS
*tāˀ/y- - kind of antelope
(SED II No. 225)
The PS reconstruction is not fully reliable since it is hard to establish the diachronic phonological backround of Hbr. təˀō. One wonders whether -y [-i] in tˀy [tāˀi] in the Samaritan Pentateuch may correspond to -ay in Tgr.
Words
Hebrew
təˀō
- antelope
(HALOT 1673)
Constr. tō(ˀ). pB. ‘wild ox (?)’ (Jastrow 1641)
Tigre
tay
- young of gazelle
(WTS 320)
Pl. tayatat
Amharic
təw(w)
- small elephant
(AED 994)
Somewhat remote semantically.