ḫiālu (1)  [ZUM : ]  (ḫâlu)

[Animals]

1) (woman) to be in labor , to be in travail , to feel the pangs / pain of giving birth ; 2) (persons, land ...) to feel pain , to be in pain , to suffer ; 3) (worm, snake, fish, person...) to wriggle , to writhe , to squirm ;

Cf. ḫiālu (2)

See also : pušqu, siḫlu, siḫiltu