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Akkadian
bukānu - pestle
(CAD B 308, AHw. 136)
Var. bukannu.
Probably from Sum. GIŠ.GAN(-na) “pestle, bolt, bar” (on the Sum. word see Edzard 1970:13f., 20f.; Steinkeller 1989:36f.).
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PS
*bik(ʷ)ay-, *bukay-
- kind of insect or worm
(SED II No. 57)