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PS
*dVrdVr- - toothless mouth, gum
(SED I No. 56; Kogan 2011: 222)
Words
Akkadian
dūr šinni
- gums
(CAD D 197, AHw. 155)
may go back to PS *dVrdVr-, being reinterpreted as dūru ‘walľ by popular etymology (Kogan 2003a:128–129).
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
drārā
- gum
(Jastrow 325, DJBA 353)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
dūr šinnē
- gums
(DJBA 322b)
most probably an Akkadian loanword
Syriac
dūrā, dawrā, dawrətā
- sockets of teeth
(LSyr. 147, SL 287)
Arabic
ˀadrad-, ˀadram-
- toothless
(BK 1 687, Lane 870)
Arabic
durdur-
- part of the gum where teeth grow
(BK 1 687)
Tigre
dərdər gäˀa
- to grow toothless
(WTS 522)
Amharic
däräddärä
- to cut teeth
(AED 1752)