# \*pVtaḥ- 'open, begin'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: to open; begin; conquer
- SED semet 1042
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/p/1014_open_begin.md

## In Linear A

- [PI-TA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-TA-JA/index.md>) (Pitaya): personal name, hypocoristic in -ya

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: petû
- Eblaitic: i-ba-ti-ʔà-am₆, du-ba-da-i, ba-da-um /p-t-ḥ/; bí-[ti-tum] /pitiḥ/; bí(NE)-da-ʔà-tum /pitaḥt/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 140–141); ba-da-um /patāḥum/ (G inf.) (VE 1241′; Hajouz 2013, 535) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ptḥ
- Phoenician: ptḥ (Krahmalkov 408) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ptḥ
- Syrian Aramaic: ptḥ (Payne Smith 470)
- Aramaic: PTḤ (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 948) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ptḥ]
- Punic: ptḥ; Neo-Punic ptḥ (Krahmalkov 409) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ptḥ]
- Judaic Aramaic: maptᵉḥā (HALOT 619)
- Amorite: ptḥ: japtaḥ, pataḥa, pateḥum, patiḥa (Gelb AS 21, 28); p-t-ḥ: ia-ap-ta-ḫu(-um), ḫa-am-mu-pa-ta-a; pitḥ: pi-it-ḫa-tim (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 140–141) (gloss withheld)
- Emar: pí-it-ḫa /pitḥu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 140–141) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: ptḥ (HALOT BArm. s.v. פתח) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ftḥ [-a-] (Lane 2327)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. ftḥn (HALOT 988); Sab ftḥ (Sabaweb lemma 3261) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: fōteḥ
- Harsusi: fetōh
- Geez: ftḥ
- Tigre: fätḥa (LGz. 170) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: fätḥe (LGz. 170)
- Amharic: fätta (LGz. 170) (gloss withheld)
- Argobba: fätta (LGz. 170) (gloss withheld)
- Harari: fätaḥa (LGz. 170)
- Gurage: fäta (LGz. 170)
- Jibbali: fétəḥ (JL 65 apud SEDonline 1326) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.