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Soqotri
mónḥeṣ - small of the back
(
LS
264;
CSOL I
623)
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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.