Number: 1998
Proto-Semitic: *ʔVrāw- ~ *wVrāʔ-
Meaning: back
Akkadian: erûtu (arûtu) 'back' OB, SB [CAD e 327]; SB according to [AHw 248]
Arabic: warāʔ- 'partie postérieure, de derrière' [BK 2 1527]. Cf. warāniyat- 'cul, derrière' [ibid. 1525]; cf. also warr-, warr-at- 'os de la hanche' [ibid. 1516]
Geʕez (Ethiopian): ʔurāʔu 'waist' [LGz 36] (<*ʔurāw-?)
Notes: Only AKK, ARB and GEZ. To be distinguished from *ʔir-at- 'chest, breast', No. ; cf. AFRASIAN