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Jibbali
ṣélél - ravine
(JL 239)
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Proto-MSA
*ṣVlVl-
- ravine, wadi
(Kogan 2015:570)
The origin of Proto-MSA *ṣVlVl- ‘ravine, wadi’ is uncertain, but cf. perhaps Hbr. ṣll ‘to sink’ (HALOT 1027) and especially məṣūlā ‘depth, deep’ (ibid. 623). (Kogan 2015:570)