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PWS
*gVlVl- - dung
(SED I No. 75; Kogan 2011: 227)
Words
Hebrew
*gēl
- human dung
(HALOT 190)
in gälălō (suff.) and gäləlē (pl. constr.)
Hebrew
gālāl
- dung
(HALOT 194)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
gālāl
- ordure, excrement
(Jastrow 250)
det. glālā
Mandaic
gala
- rubbish-heap, ordure, dung
(MD 76)
Mandaic
glala
- dung
(DM 93)
Mandaic
glalaia
- faeces
(DM 93)
Arabic
ǯallat-
- dung ball; cattle dung
(BK 1 308, Lane 437)
Tigre
gällo
- dung
(WTS 560)
Borrowing from Arb. is not excluded (cf. [Leslau Loanwords 167])