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√SNṬ
a variety of sant tree (Acacia nilotica; bot.) – WehrCowan1979.
Probably a loan word in WSem from Copt šonte, šonti ‘acacia tree’, or Dem šnt (from Eg šnd, also f. šnḏ.t ‘id.’). Erman, however, would not exclude that the Eg item is loaned from Sem.
Hbr šiṭṭāh. – Outside Sem: Eg šnǧ, šnǧ.t (Dem šnt), Copt šonte (BohCopt šonti) ‘acacia tree’
▪ Youssef2003: from Eg šnǧ.t, Copt šonte ‘acacia tree’
▪ Rolland2014: from SahCopt šonte or BohCopt šonti ‘acacia tree’, or Dem šnt, from (mEmp) Eg šnd ‘id.’
▪ Erman1892 would not exclude that the Eg item is loaned from Sem, whereas
▪ Calice1936 takes the ṭ in Hbr šiṭṭāh as an indication of the Hbr item being a borrowing.
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