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Geez
səhiṭ, səḥiṭ - fly
(CDG 492)
Cf. Amh. suṭi ‘tapeworm’ (AED 590), šuṭi ‘id.’ (ibid. 664).
Reconstruction
PS
*sVḥ/ḫVṭ-
- kind of insect
(SED II No. 192)
Not fully reliable because of the doubtful status of the Akkadian term.