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√SLM
a variety of acacia – WehrCowan1979. – For another value cf. ↗salam_1
▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#2182 / StarLing: no cognates in Sem, but outside: sòlmò, sólmó ‘kind of tree (very hard)’ in 2 ECh langs.
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▪ Orel&Stolbova1994#2182 / StarLing find what they think to be cognates of Ar †salām (not salam !) in 2 ECh langs and reconstruct, on this evidence, Sem *šalām‑ ‘kind of tree’ and ECh *s[a]l˅m‑ ‘id. (very hard)’, both from AfrAs *salam‑ ‘tree’. – Ar †salām, a var. of †silām ‘a bitter tree’ (Lane) (see SLM_21 s.v. ↗SLM). Lane says that the ints.adj. †maslūmāʔᵘ, as in ʔarḍ maslūmāʔᵘ ‘a land abounding with the tree called salam, is from salam_2; but it may, of course, also be from †silām / †salām. – Cf. also, with a similar value, †salāmān ‘a kind of tree (resembling the myrtle, grows in the sands and the deserts)’ (= SLM_22 s.v. ↗SLM).
▪ Should one also compare Akk silammu ‘(a grass); plant list’, which has been identified with ‘darnel’, a grass-like weed – CAD ? If so, then also a number of similar items should be considered (all in Lane): †salam ‘mimosa flava, used as tan’ (=SLM_20 s.v. ↗SLM), ?= †salmà, a certain plant which becomes green in the [season called] ṣayf [app. here meaning ‘spring’], ?= †salamaẗ (or †salmaẗ ?) pl. ʔaslām, spiny/thorny plant (Wahrmund). – Does also the vb. †salama i (salm) ‘to tan (o.’s skin)’ belong here?
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