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Amharic
ṭäbba - to dismember, butcher, cut up the carcass of a butchered animal
(AED 2141)
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PS
*ṭbḥ/*ṭbḫ
- to slaughter
(CDG 586; HALOT 368)
for the connection between ‘slaughter’ and ‘cook’ see Fronzaroli 1972, vii, 620 (CDG 586)