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*ˀay- - bird of prey (SED II No. 23, DRS 18)

Akkadian
a-IA-ú MUŠEN = a-a-[ú] - (a bird) (CAD A₁ 236)
Ebla
a-a-tum - bird of prey (VE 1370’, 049)
= Sum. BURU₄.MUŠEN
Hebrew
ˀayyā - black kite (HALOT 39)
Samaritan
hˀy - a bird (DSA 198)
Arabic
yuˀyuˀ- - swivel (bird of prey) (BK 2 1621, Lane 2973)
Related with metathesis and reduplication.
Tigre
ˀaya - falcon (WTS 480)
Possibly related with ˤ- vs. ˀ.
Endegen
ayä - kind of bird of prey (EDG 116)