PS
*ḳVmḥ- - kind of insect
(SED II No. 129)
Not quite reliable because of the doubtful status of the Syr. form. In Ethiopian, cf. also Gez. ḳāhm (ḳəhm, ḳāḥm) ‘kind of ant; drone’ (CDG 425, LLA 409, SLLA 169) and Tgr. ˀaḳ(ə)ḥma (ˀaḳḥomä) ‘ants’ (WTS 365), possibly related with metathesis.