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PWS
*nāb-, *nīb- - canine tooth
(SED I No. 203; Kogan 2011: 223)
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PS
*nayab-
- canine tooth
(SED I No. 203)
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Hebrew
nīb ŝəpātayim
- upper lip
(Jastrow 902)
pB. Lit. ‘n. of the lips’; likely related, with a plausible meaning shift.
Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
nyb
- sharp tooth
(DJPA 349)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
nībā
- tusks, canine teeth; the sinews connecting the hipbone with its socket
(Jastrow 902, DJBA 746b)
Syriac
nībā
- maxillary tooth
(LSyr. 427)
Also nābā.
Arabic
nāb-
- canine teeth
(BK 2 1375, Lane 2870)
Tigre
nib
- tooth; canine tooth; milk-teeth; incisors (of grown up people)
(WTS 337)
An Arabism, according to Leslau 1990 150. See, however, difference in vocalism.