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*sVnūn(Vw)-at- - swallow
(SED II No. 197; Kogan 2011: 210)
Words
Akkadian
sinuntu
- swallow
(CAD S 295, AHw. 1048)
Var. šinūnūtu.
Ugaritic
snnt
- swallow
(DUL 764)
The meaning ‘swallow’ is conjectural since the word is attested only as a divine designation in 1.17 II 27 and parallel passages: ˁrb bbth kṯrt // bnt hll snnt kṯrt ‘entered his house // daughters of the light, swallows’
Hebrew
sənūnīt
- swallow
(Jastrow 1005)
pB.
Samaritan
snwny
- a bird
(DSA 599)
Syriac
snūnītā
- swallow
(LSyr. 483, SL 1023)
Turoyo
snunīṯo
- swallow
(Kuipers 1983 228)
Arabic
sunūnuw-
- swallow
(BK 1 1147)