Number: 99
Proto-Semitic: *ŝabir-
Meaning: buttocks, hind parts, small of the back
Akkadian: šuburru 'buttocks, rectum, anus' OB [CAD š3 190]; šub/purru 'After' [AHw 1259] (in some of the contexts refers to sheep)
Arabic: šabr-, šibr- 'taille' [BK 1 1182]
Tigre: šǝbǝr 'hind-quarter and tail-piece of a slaughtered animal' [LH 216]
Notes: Cf. metathetic Eth *sar(a)b- 'calf of leg': Tgr särbä 'partie de la jambe au-dessous du mollet' [LH 177 apud d'Abb]; Sel säräba, Wol säräbä, Zwy särbä do. [LGur 559]; Cha Eža Muh Msq Gog Sod säräba, Gye säräb_ä do. [ibid.]. According to Leslau, all East Eth and Gur forms are from E. Cush. Note Tna särbada 'muscolo dei fianchi vicino alla coscia' [Bass 177], with enigmatic d.
