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Jewish Palestinian Aramaic
ḥäwyā - snake
(DJPA 197)
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PArm
*ḥiwy-
- snake
(Kogan 2015:394)
See also PWS *ḥyw ‘to live’ and Arb. ḥayyat- ‘snake’. For the semantic development “animal” > “snake” v. extensively SED II No. 159 and Kogan 2015:300.