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Akkadian
pappasu - porridge
(CAD P 111, AHw. 824)
Fem. var. pappaltu (SAD I). Derived: pappasītu (a mineral) (CAD P 111, AHw. 824).
Probably to be analyzed as *pas-pas-, with an eventual connection to *pss ‘to crush, to break into small pieces’.