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Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
ḳamṣā, ḳumṣā - locust
(DJBA 1026)
In DJBA 586, kamṣā with non-emphatic k- is also quoted.
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PWS
*ḳVṣVm-, *ḳVmVṣ-/*ḳamṣ-
- a kind of harmful insect
(SED II Nos. 131, 139; Kogan 2011: 213)