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*ˀa/irbay- - locust
(SED II No. 11, Fron. V 296, DRS 31; Kogan 2011: 213)
Words
Akkadian
erbû
- locust
(CAD E 256, AHw. 234)
Ebla
ir-bí-núm
- = Sum. NAM.KUR
(VE 1094)
Cf. Sjöberg 2003a 553.
Ugaritic
ˀirby
- locust
(DUL 100)
Hebrew
ˀarbǟ
- migratory locust
(HALOT 83)
Cf. also Ja. 114.
Old Aramaic
ˀrbh
- locust
(DNWSI 101)
Syriac
ˀarbitā
- crab
(LSyr. 45, SL 94)
v. Löw 1969 5.
Arabic
ˀirbiyān-
- locusta marina
(BW 17, Lane 1024)
Sabaic
ˀrby
- locusts
(SD 7)
Amharic
arabo
- tick afflicting cattle, small wood-eating worm, chicken louse
(K 1149)
Possibly related,
Chaha
wäräba
- kind of cockroach
(LGur. 661)
Possibly related.
Ezha
wäräba
- kind of cockroach
(LGur. 661)
Possibly related.
Ennemor
wäräḇa
- kind of cockroach
(LGur. 661)
Possibly related.
Gyeto
wäräḇa
- kind of cockroach
(LGur. 661)
Possibly related.
Muher
wäräba
- kind of cockroach
(LGur. 661)
Possibly related
Mehri
ḥarbyēt
- locusts, cicads (coll.)
(JM 7)
Jibbali
ˀírbɔ́t
- locust; cicada (s. and coll.)
(JL 4)
Harsusi
harbēt (pl. hárbi, rebáyten)
- cicada, locust
(HL 3)
Soqotri
erbhíyoʰ
- locusts
(
LS
73;
Wranik 2003
:509;
ad-Daˁrhi et al. 2019
:542 (line 79), 552)