*γbṭ - to be tied, girded (Kogan 2001:266)

Akkadian

ebēṭu - to be tied, girded (CAD E 13, AHw. 182)

Cf. nībittu ‘a girdle’ (CAD N2 201, AHw. 774). Probably different from ebêṭu “to have cramps’.

Ebla

ù-bù-tum, ù-bù-du-um /ˁubbuṭum/ - to fasten (thongs of a shoe) (VE 124; Krebernik 1996:239)

Arabic

γubṭat- - a strap in the leathern water-bag (Lane 2226)