šubiltu (feminine word ;)
[Country → Agriculture]
1) an ear / spike blade (of barley, corn, wheat) ;
2) constellation : Virgo + , Spica name of a star ;
3) : the smallest thing / not even an ear of barley -a "peanut"- ;
Cf. šubultinbi
Variants : šubultu
Comparison with other Semitic languages :
- Arabic : sunbulah / sunbulatun
- Syriac : šibilta ܫܸܒܸܠܬܵܐ "an ear / spike (wheat)"
- Hebrew : šibolet "an ear / spike (wheat)"