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yafan- - four-year old bull
(BK 2 1631, LA XIII 457)
yafanat- ‘cow; pregnant cow’ (BK 2 1631). Cf. fanāt- ‘cow’ (BK 2 640, Lane 2451, LA XVI 166)
Reconstruction
PWS
*yapan-
- young bull
(SED II No. 250)
Note the prefixal elements tV-,mV-,wV- of unclear origin in all Eth. forms. Arb.fanāt- probably represents an original biconsonantal prototype.