Number: 2430
Proto-Semitic: *ḫVnz(iz)-
Meaning: kind of insect
Akkadian: ḫanzizītu (ḫazzizētu) 'a green winged insect; a bird' SB [CAD ḫ 83], 'eine Art Holzwespe?' [AHw. 321]. In lexical lists (= Sum. NUM.SIG7.SIG7, NUM.ZU.RA.AH, Akk. kuzāzu, pilaḳ(ḳi) Ištar) and šumma ālu. The variant form ḫanzētu (ḫa-an-ze-e-tu) in KADP 12 III 29 quoted in [AHw.] is important for the comparison with Arb. ḫunzuwānat-.
Arabic: ḫunzuwānat- 'mouche qui s'attaque au chameau, s'introduit dans son nez et le tourmente' [BK 1 639], [Fr. I 531]. Not fully reliable (in national lexicography attested with the meaning 'pride, arrogance' only).
Tigrai (Tigriñña): ḥǝnǯiǯ 'specie di calabrone' [Bass. 58].
Amharic: ǝnzǝz, ǝnziz 'beetle' [K 1228].
Gurage: Cha. Eža Enm. End. Gyt. ǝnzǝz, Muh. Msq. Gog. Sod. ǝnzizza 'May bug' [LGur. 78].
Notes: In [LGur. 78] Sel. zīzo, Wol. zizo 'May bug' are compared with the Eth. forms listed above (cf. rather *zīz-, No. ...). A number of forms, though not immediately comparable, exhibit a certain cimilarity to the present root: Akk. anzūzu 'a spider' SB [CAD a2 155], [AHw. 56] (cf. [Landsberger Fauna 138-9]); Arb. ḥuwwāz- 'grands scarabeés' [BK 1 513], [Fr. I 441], [TA XV 127] (different interpretation in [LA V 343]); Tgr. ḥǝnǯur 'wasp' (d'Abb.: 'scarabée')' [LH 86]. [LGur. 78]: Gur., Amh., Tna.
