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Syriac
yarlā, yallā - lizard
(LSyr. 309, SL 584)
Reconstruction
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*waran/l-
- (a lizard)
(SED II No. 246; Kogan 2011: 211)
Vacillation between -n and -l is likely to be accounted for by the latter’s low compatibility with the preceding -r-.