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*ḳVr(V)r- - frog
(SED II No. 137)
Likely a descriptive root.
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Syriac
yaḳrūrā
- rana (frog)
(LSyr. 308, PS 1627)
See further Löw 1969: 53. Cf. also ḳārītā ‘curculio; testudo’ (weevil; tortoise) (LSyr. 696, PS 3717), possibly related with meaning shifts.
Arabic
qirr-, qurr-, qarr-at-, qirr-at-, qurr-at-
- grenouille (frog)
(BK 2 699–700, LA V 91)
Geez
ḳāḳer
- frog
(CDG 439)
With partial reduplication.