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*waran/l- - (a lizard)
(SED II No. 246; Kogan 2011: 211)
Vacillation between -n and -l is likely to be accounted for by the latter’s low compatibility with the preceding -r-.
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Akkadian
urnu
- (a lizard or snake)
(CAD U–W 234, AHw. 1431)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
yallā
- a lizard
(DJBA 533)
Syriac
yarlā, yallā
- lizard
(LSyr. 309, SL 584)
Arabic
waral-
- lacerta Nilotica
(BK 2 1525, Lane 3052)
Mehri
rəwōl
- varan
(ML 333)
Harsusi
rewōl
- waral, Varanus sp.
(HL 106)