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▪ [v1] : Scarcely attested in Sem. Huehnergard2011 nevertheless reconstructs WSem *√ṢWN ‘to protect’. – (?)Any relation with ^†²ṣinnāraẗ ‘leathern handle, kind of shield | ganse de cuir à l’aide de laquelle on tient ou l’on accroche le fouet’ (↗√ṢNR), ^†sanawwar ‘coat made of thongs, worn in war, like a coat of mail, any weapon (of iron) or arms’ (< Syr sanūrā ~ sanwartā ‘crown of the head; head-covering, headband, cap, helmet’) (↗√SNR), and/or Hbr ṣinnāʰ ‘shield’ (↗√ṢNː(ṢNN))?
▪ [v2] : Based on Ar and an alleged Hs cognate, OrelStolbova1994 reconstruct AfrAs *c̣awan‑ ‘flint, stone’.

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cogn

▪ [v1] : ḤaḍrAr taṣawwana ‘to take shelter’, YemAr ṣawān ‘guarantor, surety’, Gz ṣawwana, ḍawwana ‘to protect, defend, preserve, shelter’, ṣawan ‘fortress, castle, stronghold; garrison, fortification; refuge, asylum, shelter, consolation’, Te mäč̣wan ‘black veil’, Amh ṣāwān (< Gz) ‘refuge’; rel. to Hbr ṣinnāʰ ‘shield’ – Leslau2006.
▪ [v2] : OrelStolbova1994 suggest (outside Sem:) Hs c̣auni ‘hill, pile’.

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▪ [v2] : Based on only the Ar and Hs evidence, OrelStolbova1994 #428 reconstruct Sem *ṣawān‑ ‘flint, quartz’ and WCh *c̣aw(˅)n‑ ‘hill, pile’, both from a hypothetical AfrAs *c̣awan‑ ‘flint, stone’.

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▪ (Huehnergard2011:) Engl Zion, see Ar ↗ṣāna.

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