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*ḳayŝ- - forest, wood
(Fronzaroli 1969a: 277, 290; Kogan 2011: 200; Kogan 2012: 230)
Words
Akkadian
ḳīštu
- forest, wood
(CAD Q 272, AHw. 923)
Though not bein attested before OB period this word has a transparent correspondence in Ebla:
ḳá-sa-tum
.
Ebla
ḳá-sa-tum
- wood, forest
(VE 400; Krebernik 1983: 15)
equated with Sum. GIŠ.TIR
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ḳīs
- wood, timber
(DJPA 491)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ḳinsā, ḳissā
- wood, twig
(DJBA 1014)
Syriac
ḳaysā
- wood, timber
(LSyr. 665, SL 1364)
Turoyo
ḳayso
- Holz, Stock (wood, stick)
(RW 393)
Mehri
ḳəŝnīt
- wood, forest
(ML 242)
Soqotri
di-ḳáŝen
- thief
(
LS
388;
CSOL I
596)