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*ˀabbVk- - kind of bird
(SED II No. 1)
Scarcely attested, not fully reliable because of the semantic difference.
Words
Syriac
ˀabakkā, ˀābkā, bakkā
- rooster, cock
(LSyr. 2, SL 4)
Tigre
ˀabbəkiki
- a small bird of light-yellow colour (probably a sort of lapwing)
(LH 368)
Cf. bəka ‘a bird (Ploceus larvatus)’ (ibid. 290), unless a loan from Bilin