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silkānat- - young one of partridge
(BK 1 1129, Lane 1412, TA 27 206)
In Lane and TA also sulak-
Reconstruction
PS
*šVl(V)k-
- kind of bird
(SED II No. 203)
Scarce attestation, PS reconstruction not very reliable. Cf. Akk. šiliḳḳu ‘a bird’ SB (CAD Š₂ 444, AHw. 1236), šilingu (šillumgu) ‘a bird’ NB (CAD Š₂ 444, AHw. 1236) with ḳ and g instead of the expected k.