# \*karm- 'mountain with a vineyard on it'

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

- Author's gloss: vineyard, vine; mountain
- SED semet 1075
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/1045_mountain_with_a_vineyard_on_it.md

## In Linear A

- [KU-RA-MU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RA-MU/index.md>) (Kurmu): personal name, 'Vineyard' (√k-r-m)
- [KU-RU-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RU-MA/index.md>) (kurma / gurma): vineyard / mountain with vineyard

## Notes

Geez ka/ǝrm < Arb.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: karm- (HALOT 498) after AHw (CAD K 218); karāmu ibid. 201 (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: krm (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 31) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: krm (Krahmalkov 242) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: käräm (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 31) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: karm- (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: karm- (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: karm- (Kogan 2015, ch. 3 §5.2 no. 31) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: karmaym (gloss withheld)
- Harsusi: kermaym (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Beyond Semitic

- Egyptian: k3m (OLA80 §17.2) (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.