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Amharic
əṭa - lot
(AED 1334)
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PES
*ˁiṣ̂ṣ̂-/*ˁinṣ̂-
- lot, die (for playing dice)
(SED I 25)
May be related to PWS *ˁVṣ̂ā/īṣ̂- ‘(kind of) bone’ (for this meaning shift, cf. Rus. кость meaning both ‘bone’ and ‘playing die’).