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Akkadian
ḫilammu - a locust
(CAD Ḫ 184, AHw. 345)
Attested in lexical lists (var. ḫilimmu).
Reconstruction
PS
*ḫaml-, *ḫVlVm-
- kind of insect
(SED II No. 109)
The reconstruction is not very reliable as it presupposes metathesis combined with a rather vague semantic correspondence.