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Tigre
kuwa - corbeau (the black vulture)
(WTS 419)
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.