quliptu [BAR : ] (n. f. ;
)
[Science → Natural sciences]
1) skin of scales (snake, fish, lizard ...) ;
2) bark of a tree, cortex of reed, husk of grain ;
quliptu ēnē : cornea (?) ;
ša quliptu : a barley dehusker ;
3) skin disease ;
4) upper eyelid ;
5) constellation des Poissons , a shooting star (?) ;
Cf. qalāpu
Variants : qulāptu
See also : ša quliptu, qalpu, qallupu, qulpu
Comparison with other Semitic languages :
- Syriac : qlapta ܩܠܵܦܬܵܐ "bark, peel, scale, shell"
- Hebrew : qǝlipā קלפּה