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Akkadian
ḫanṣātu - part of human body, possibly waist
(CAD ḫ 81, AHw 321)
(pl. t.), Possibly < *ḫamṣātu (on n < m before sibilants in Akk. see [GAG 40]).
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PS
*ḫam/nṣ-
- waist
(SED I No. 132)
Scarcely attested (in Akk. and Arb.); phonetically and semantically highly problematic. Vocalism based on Akk. only, as the Arb. form represents a derived pattern.