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Mehri
alwīṭ - to turn (a corner)
(ML 258)
Reconstruction
PWS
*lwṭ
- to twist, to turn, to do a second time
(Kogan 2015: 464)
Probably unconnected are Akk.
lâṭu
‘to confine, to keep in check’,
līṭu
‘hostage, pledge’ as well as Arb.
lwṭ
‘to cleave, to stick, to adhere’