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PWS
*lwṭ - to twist, to turn, to do a second time
(Kogan 2015: 464)
Probably unconnected are Akk.
lâṭu
‘to confine, to keep in check’,
līṭu
‘hostage, pledge’ as well as Arb.
lwṭ
‘to cleave, to stick, to adhere’
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Hebrew
lwṭ
- to wrap up
(HALOT 523)
Mehri
alwīṭ
- to turn (a corner)
(ML 258)
Jibbali
elbéṭ
- to turn (a corner)
(JL 167)
Soqotri
ḷeṭ
- 1. to turn aside; 2. to do again; 3. to follow someone in doing something
(
LS
230, 605;
CSOL I
605;
CSOL II
388)