Derived words: pāḫu ‘substitute’ (CAD P 20, AHw. 877); pūḫu ‘substitute’ (CAD P 496, AHw. 877); pūḫtu ‘substitute’ (CAD P 493, AHw. 877). No definitive etymology can be suggested as no suitable Semitic parallels have been detected.
Akkadian
puḫpuḫḫû - quarrel, strife, contention
(CAD P 484, AHw. 876)
No definitive etymology can be suggested, perhaps onomatopoeic.
Akkadian
puḫpuḫu - (a plant, probably purslane)
(CAD P 485, AHw. 876, EDA I 122)
Var.: purupuḫu, purpuḫini. For a possible etymology, see EDA I 122.