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Tigrinya
ḳäränḳära - teschio (fig. – calvo) (skull (fig. – bald)
(TED 944, Bassano 1918: 255)
Redupl. stem with a secondary n; semantic interpretation should possibly be reverse: ‘bald’ > ‘skulľ.
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PWS
*ḳrḥ
- to have/make a hairless spot (on the head), to become/make bald
(SED I No. 38v)