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Gurage
wätär - nerve, sinew, gut, tendon
(EDG 670)
dialects not specified
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PWS
*watar-/*watr-
- tendon
(SED I No. 290; Kogan 2011: 215)
is based on Hbr. yätär, Syr. yatrā, Arb. watar-, Gez. watr, Amh. wätär (some of them with non-anatomic meanings like ‘rope’, ‘cord’, ‘bowstring’)