tarpašu I
DRAFT
Meanings:
(a mongoose-like animal) (?)
Domain: Animals; wild animals
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantive
Discussion
The interpretation as “otter” (AHw. and CAD) goes back to a suggestion in Landsberger 1934, 112., where the description of toes in an omen commentary (cit. in both dictionaries; see now also Böck 2000, 271: 77) was interpreted as describing the (hind) feet of a sea otter. This is rather tenuous and not followed here.