Number: 1945
Proto-Semitic: *(ʔa-)ku/al-
Meaning: a hammer/axe-like tool
Akkadian: akkullu 'a hammer-like tool, tool for field work' OAkk. on (CAD a1, 276; secondary reduplication of k <*ʔa-kull-?), kullu 'hoe' Lex. (Ibid. k 508)
Syrian Aramaic: ʔaklā 'malleus' (Brock., 17)
Arabic: ʔaklat- 'marteau, mailloche?' (Blachère, Chouémi & Denizeau 1964, 166)
Argobba: S. Arg. kalka 'ax' (Leslau 1997, 208; redupl. <*kalkal rather than from Cu. E. kalta "with an occasional alternance k:t" Ibid.
Harari: kalka 'ax' (Leslau 1997, 208; redupl. <*kalkal rather than from Cu. E. kalta "with an occasional alternance k:t" Ibid.
Notes: Sel. kälta, Wln. kältä, Zw. halta 'small ax' must be Cushitisms - see Cu. below and LGur., 342
