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*ḏiˀb- - wolf
(SED II No. 72; Kogan 2011: 208)
Words
Akkadian
zību
- jackal
(CAD Z 106, AHw. 1525)
Hebrew
zəˀēb
- wolf
(HALOT 260)
Official Aramaic
dˀb, dyb
- wolf
(DNWSI 237)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
dyb
- wolf
(DJPA 144)
Samaritan
dyb
- wolf
(DSA179)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
dēbā
- wolf
(DJBA 326)
Syriac
dēbā
- wolf
(LSyr. 137, SL 268)
Mandaic
diba
- wolf
(MD 106)
Arabic
ḏiˀb-
- wolf
(BK 1 760, Lane 949)
Geez
zəˀb, zəbˀ
- hyena
(CDG 630, LLA 1056, Gr. 30)
Tigre
zəbˀi
- hyena
(WTS 499)
Borrowed from Tigrinya.
Tigrinya
zəbˀi
- hyena
(TED 1991)
Amharic
ǯəb, žəb
- hyena
(AED 1863)
Also Old Amh. žənb, žäb, Littman 1943:495.
Argobba
ǯəw, ǯəb, ǯu
- hyena
(Leslau 1997:203, 227, AAD 423)
Gafat
zebi
- wolf
(Leslau 1945:180)