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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ḳūḳānā - parasitic worm
(DJBA 1001)
Thought to be Akkadism in AHw. 928 and DJBA 1001, which cannot be excluded.
Reconstruction
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*ḳV(n)ḳVn-
- kind of worm, insect
(SED II No. 132)