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Akkadian
akkû - a kind of owl
(CAD A₁ 275, AHw. 29)
Scarcely attested in lexical lists (v. Salonen 1973 112).
Reconstruction
PS
*kVw-
- kind of bird
(SED II No. 123)
Scarcely attested, problematic. The Anlaut of Akk. form could be explained as an example of ˀa-prefixation but the gemination of k is disturbing.