Number: 2529
Proto-Semitic: *šumšum-
Meaning: ant
Judaic Aramaic: šumšǝmānā 'ant' [Ja. 1537] (in [Levy WT II 466] and [Levy WTM IV 527] also šūšǝmānā, šūmǝšānā).
Syrian Aramaic: šawšǝmānā 'formica; myrmecoleo' [Brock. 767], [PS 4343].
Mandaic Aramaic: šušmana 'ant' [DM 458].
Arabic: sumsum- 'fourmie rouge' [BK 1 1138], [Fr. II 353], [Lane 1420], [LA XII 305] (in the last two sources also simsimat- and sam(m)āmat-).
Notes: Cf. Sod. mašo 'kind of ant' [LGur. 433] (metathesis of an original non-reduplicated base?). Cf. Tgr. šašǝnte 'ants' [LH 214] with -n- instead of -m- (note the similarity in morphological structure with the Arm. forms), but see Tna. šišo 'specie di formica grossa e nera, il cui pizzico e doloroso' [Bass. 226] (compared to *sV̄s- 'moth', No. ...).
