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PWS
*ḳVṣVm-, *ḳVmVṣ-/*ḳamṣ- - a kind of harmful insect
(SED II Nos. 131, 139; Kogan 2011: 213)
Words
Ugaritic
ḳṣm
- grasshoppers
(DUL 716)
Official Aramaic
ḳmṣ
- grasshopper
(DNWSI 1013)
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ḳmṣ
- locust
(DJPA 496)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ḳamṣā, ḳumṣā
- locust
(DJBA 1026)
In DJBA 586, kamṣā with non-emphatic k- is also quoted.
Syriac
ḳamṣā
- locust
(LSyr. 673, SL 1379)
Mandaic
gamsa, kamṣa, ḳamṣā
- locust
(MD 76)
Turoyo
ḳamṣo
- grasshopper
(RW 375)
Arabic
qamaṣ-
- small insects on the surface of stagnant water; small locusts
(BK 2 813)
Arabic
qaṣam-
- eggs of locust
(BK 2 755)
Arabic
qaṣām-
- locust
(Dozy II 368)
Geez
ḳʷənṣ
- flea
(CDG 435, LLA 450)
Amharic
ḳəč̣am
- nit, louse
(AED 844)
Jibbali
ḳĩṣ
- camel bug
(JL 146)