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ḫinṣir- - little finger
(BK 1 640, Lane 817)
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PWS
*ḫiṣr-
- little finger
(SED I No. 134, Kogan 2011: 224)
Connected or contaminated with Sem. *ḫṣr ‘to be short’ (on this root see e. g. [CDG 267]). Cf. a metathetic variant root probably related to the MSA forms.