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Appendix II

Semitic Roots
 
ENTRY:kwl.
DEFINITION:To contain, hold, measure. Variant (Arabic) root form kyl. maquiladora, from Arabic makla, measured, a measure of capacity, feminine passive participle of kla, to measure.
 
 
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