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Jibbali
ḥanẓ̂ɔ̄t - bead
(JL 113)
Reconstruction
Proto-MSA
*ḥanṣ̂ab-at-
- bead
(Kogan 2015:558)
The origin is unknown. Cf. Akkadian
anṣabtu
‘ear ring’, Tigre
ḥəndəbbät
- a sort of ear-ring (Kogan 2015, 558).