Number: 194
Proto-Semitic: *kal(kal)-
Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology
Meaning: 'purple-fish' 1, 'whale' 2
Akkadian: kulīl-, kulull- 'a fabulous creature, part man and part fish' SB Sum. lw. CAD k 526, Dolg AN 426
Hebrew: pB. kōkǝlā 1 purple-fish [Ja 638] <Gr (cf. kilkīt (kilbīt) name of a small fish supposed to be stickeback [Ja 632])
Mehri: kell 2 (Thomas)
Jibbali: kāl 2 (Thomas)