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Akkadian
napdû - tie, bandage(?); (a reed mat); (a plant)
(CAD N₁ 291, AHw. 737)
The quality of the labial and the dental is uncertain. No etymology can be suggested. Derivation from padû ‘to spare’ tentatively proposed in AHw is semantically unlikely.