Number: 2470
Proto-Semitic: *ḳʷVṭVn-
Meaning: kind of insect
Syrian Aramaic: ḳeṭṭōnā 'cimex' [Brock. 659] (not in [PS]).
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ḳʷǝṭni 'louse' [LGz. 454].
Amharic: ḳäṭṭǝnit 'kind of insect (praying mantis)' [K 839] (considered to be derived from the verbal root ḳṭn 'to be small').
Notes: Cf. Arb. ḳtn (IV) 'tuer la teigne' [BK 1 675], [TA XXXV 527], likely related with dissimilation of emphatics. Cf. *ḳut- 'kind of insect', No. ... .
