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PWS
*ḥVṣ-; *ḥVṣVṣ- - pebble, gravel
(Fronzaroli 1968: 271, 287, 298; Kogan 2011: 190)
Words
Akkadian
ḫiṣṣu
- gravel
(CAD Ḫ 204, AHw. 349)
is likely an Aramaism
Ugaritic
ḥṣ
- gravel
(DUL 374)
Hebrew
ḥāṣāṣ
- pebble, gravel
(HALOT 344)
Syriac
ḥṣāṣā
- gravel
(LSyr. 250, SL 484)
Arabic
ḥisaⁿ
- accumulated sand beneath which is hard rock; soft or plain ground in which water remains and collects
(Lane 572)
Arabic
ḥaṣaⁿ
- pebbles or small stones
(Lane 587)
Arabic
ḥiṣḥiṣ-
- stone, particles of stone, dust
(LA 7 18)
Geez
ḫoṣā
- sand, gravel
(CDG 266)
Tigre
ḥoṣa
- pebble, gravel
(CDG 266)
Tigre
ḥaṣḥaṣ
- pebble, gravel
(Kogan 2011: 190)
Mehri
ḥəṣṣáyt
- milk-heating stone: a stone put in the fire till it is hot and then put in milk to heat it
(ML 189)
Soqotri
ḥáṣaḥáṣihin
- gravel
(LS 185)
Soqotri
ḥáṣḥeṣ
- pebbles
(
LS
185;
CSOL I
565;
CSOL II
484)