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Tigre
saˁarsaˁaro - green
(WTS 194)
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PS
*ŝaˁr-
- straw, grass
(Kogan 2015: 40 n. 87, 199)
A derivation from PS
*ŝaˁr-
‘hair,’ assumed as certain in Fronzaroli 1969: 12‒13 and elsewhere in Semitological studies, is difficult to prove, although a contamination with this widespread anatomical term cannot be excluded.