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*bVhVn- - thumb
(SED I No. 34; Kogan 2011: 224)
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Akkadian
ubānu
- finger
(CAD U–W 3, AHw. 1398)
<*hubān- or *ˀubhān-? The relation to *bVhVn- is less evident than in case of Hbr. bōhän ‘thumb, big toe’ and Ebl. ba-ˀà-núm
Ebla
ba-ˀà-núm
- ŠU.DAGAL.GAL
(VE 499)
See Krebernik 1983: 18
Hebrew
bōhän
- thumb, big toe
(HALOT 112)
Arabic
ˀibhām-, bahīm-
- thumb, toe
(BK 1 174, Lane 269)
the relation to *bVhVn- is less evident than in case of Hbr. bōhän ‘thumb, big toe’ and Ebl. ba-ˀà-núm
Mehri
hābḗn
- thumb
(SSL 2 219)
< *hVbVn-?
Harsusi
ḥābēn
- thumb
(HL 55)
*ḥa-hVbVn-?