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Hebrew
nīb ŝəpātayim - upper lip
(Jastrow 902)
pB. Lit. ‘n. of the lips’; likely related, with a plausible meaning shift.
Reconstruction
PWS
*nāb-, *nīb-
- canine tooth
(SED I No. 203; Kogan 2011: 223)