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Tigre
ˁarḳäb, ˀarḳäb - scorpion
(WTS 459)
Metathesis and ˀ- vs. ˁ- in the second form. Cf. also ˁarḳäb bäḥar ‘crab’ (ibid.).
Reconstruction
PWS
*ˁaḳrab-
- scorpion
(SED II No. 31, Kogan 2011: 213)