Number: 2479
Proto-Semitic: *na(ya)l-
Meaning: a wild hoofed animal
Akkadian: nayalu (nālu) 'roe deer' Mari, SB [CAD n1 152], [AHw. 725]. The earliest attestation come from OB Mari (4 na-lu ARM 7 91:1, ḳarnāt na-li ARMT 13 55:6). In later periods, only plene writings (na-a-lu, na-aya-lu) are known. Remarkably, n. almost always appear together with ayyalu and is equated to it in lexi- cal lists. Further details see in [Salonen Jagd 219], [Landsber- ger Fauna 99].
Tigre: nälät 'she-antelope (koodoo, Strepsiceros capensis)' [LH 232] (cf. also noli 'he-goat with a big head' [ibid.]).
Amharic: niyala 'mountain antelope' [K 1054].
Notes: [Leslau Cognates 21]: Akk., Tgr.
