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Formally identical to kappu ‘arm, hand’ (see PS *kapp- ‘palm, flap of hand or foot’).

The lexeme is often compared to Aramaic term kp 'stone' (cf. JBA kēp̄ā), but the Akkadian word is late and may well be borrowed from Aramaic (Kogan 2015:429). As rightly pointed out in CAD K 192, the meaning of the element ka-pi in OB proper names like a-ḫi-ka-pi is uncertain, which makes rather doubtful its equation with kāpu ‘cliff’ proposed in AHw. 445. The matter is further complicated by the fact that kēpā/kipa with the characteristically Akkadian meaning ‘shore, bank’ is well attested in JBA and Mandaic. A curious reminiscent of Akk. kāpu ša šadî is Soq. expression ˀid kaf id máˁbher ‘gegen Felsen hin’ (Müller 1905:280) (see Soq. kɛf). (Kogan 2015:429)

Contra Fronzaroli and Leslau, we hesitate to identify PCS *karm- with Akk. karānu ‘wine, grapevine, grapes’ and the undoubtedly related Sumerian ka-ra-an ‘clusters of fruit’ (from Ur III onwards).