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Akkadian
damtu - figure (of a man)
(CAD D 74, CDA 55)
Var. dattu. The word may well be borrowed from Aramaic (hapax legomenon in a late lexical list), cf. Kogan 2015:234.
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PNWS
*dmy
- to be like, resemble
(HALOT 225, Kogan 2015:236)
no obvious cognates, with a possible exception of Tna.
dämmäwä
- ‘to be handsome, beautifuľ.