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*šalaḥpaw/y-, *šalapḥaw/y- - turtle
(SED II No. 202; Kogan 2011: 211)
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Akkadian
šeleppû
- turtle; a snake
(CAD Š₂ 271, AHw. 1210)
Ebla
ša-la-pù-um
- turtle
(VE 47)
= Sum. NÍG.BÀD.NA. See Conti 1990: 67
Arabic
sulaḥfā, sulḥafā
- turtle
(BK 1 1120, Lane 1403)
Mehri
salefḥōt
- turtle
(Nakano 1986 119)
Possibly an Arabism