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ḥiwalāˀ-, ḥūlāˀ-, ḥīlāˀ- - second membrane that comes out of the uterus at parturition and is filled with water (in camels)
(BK 1 519)
Reconstruction
PS
*ḥi(wa)l-
- fetal membrane
(SED I No. 130)
problematic both phonetically and semantically