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Ugaritic
ˀalp - thousand
(DUL 62)
Reconstruction
PWS
*ˀalp-
- thousand
(Kogan 2015:70)
Direct identification with PS
*ˀalp-
‘head of large cattle,’ taken for granted in Fox 2003:74, is semantically difficult. An eventual connection with Arb.
ˀlf
is worth considering (Kogan 2015: 71)