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*kussam-t- - spelt (grain similar to wheat)
(Kogan 2015: 296)
one wonders whether it might represent a secondary rebuilding of
*kunāṯ-
under the influence of
*ksm
rather than a completely new independent formation (Kogan 2015: 297)
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Ugaritic
ksm, ks̀m
- spelt, emmer wheat
(DUL 462)
probably equated with Akk.
kunāšu
‘spelt’ in the polyglot vocabulary: [ku-na]-šu = ˹ku˺-sú-mu (Huehnergard 1987a:139)
Hebrew
kussämät
- spelt, emmer wheat
(HALOT 490)