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*yarbVˁ- - jerboa
(SED II No. 251; Kogan 2011: 209)
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Akkadian
arrabû
- jerboa
(CAD A₂ 302, AHw. 70)
Ebla
a-ra-bù-um, ar-ra-bù
- jerboa
(VE 873; Krebernik 1983: 33)
= Sum. NI.PÉŠ
Syriac
yarbūˁā
- jerboa
(LSyr. 309, PS 1629)
Possibly, but not necessarily an Arabism (cf. Nöldeke 1879 1262).
Arabic
yarbūˁ-
- jerboa
(BK 1 811)
yurbūˁ ‘idem’ (BK 2 1626), ya/urbūˁ- (Lane 1020)