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Tigre
ˁanṣäbät - sinew
(WTS 475)
Var ˀanṣäbät. According to Munzinger, ˀanṣäbät ‘nerf, corde’.
Reconstruction
PWS
*ˁa(n)ṣab-
- sinew, nerves
(SED I No. 16)
Poorly attested; the MSA terms may be Arabisms. The Tgr. form is hardly an Arb. loan pace [Leslau Loanwords 166].