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Syriac
nmālā - ant nest
(LSyr. 431, SL 922)
This sparsely attested lexeme (designating an ant hill rather than the insect as such) seems to be the only reflex of the present root in Aramaic
Reconstruction
PWS
*namal-/*naml-
- ant
(SED II No. 163; Kogan 2011: 212)
There is no reliable reflex of this root in Akkadian, as both
namlu
and
lamattu
do not give the impression of being autochthonous Akkadian words (see SED II No. 163 for a comprehensive discussion; cf. also Hrůša 2010:255)