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ˀabbəkiki - a small bird of light-yellow colour (probably a sort of lapwing)
(LH 368)
Cf. bəka ‘a bird (Ploceus larvatus)’ (ibid. 290), unless a loan from Bilin
Reconstruction
PS
*ˀabbVk-
- kind of bird
(SED II No. 1)
Scarcely attested, not fully reliable because of the semantic difference.