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Akkadian
patāḫu - to puncture, to pierce
(CAD P 269, AHw. 846)
Derived words: patḫu ‘holed’ (CAD P 276, AHw. 848); pitḫu ‘perforation, wound’ (CAD P 435, AHw. 869); puttuḫu ‘pierced’ (CAD P 547, AHw. 884).
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PS
*ptḫ
- to pierce
(Huehnergard 1991:694)