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Argobba
gunž, gəǯo, ˁuǯo, ˀuǯo - back of the body
(Leslau 1997:202, AAD 422)
Reconstruction
PS
*gVn(ā)z(-at)-
- (dead) body, back (of body)
(SED I No. 87)
Apparently related to (derived from?) this root is Sem. *gnz ‘to wrap up the corpse, to prepare a body for funerals’