# \*dVm-/\*dVwVm- 'dwell' 1, 'last' (v.) 2, 'stay a long time in one place' 3

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

- Author's gloss: to last, endure, remain
- SED semet 1589
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/d/1497_dwell_1_last_v_2_stay_a_long_time_in_one_place_3.md

## In Linear A

- [DA-U-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-U-MI/index.md>) (dawmi): the enduring one (personal name)
- [DU-ME-DI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-ME-DI/index.md>) (Dūmatī): Dūmatī (personal name—'the Enduring One', √dwm hypocoristic)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: dm 1
- Hebrew: dūm, dūmā (HALOT 216) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: dwm [-u-] 2

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab dwm (Biella 81); dmtn (C 548/17) probably a misreading or miswriting of qdmt (Sabaweb lemma 13386) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: adyīm 3
- Soqotri: deme (gloss withheld)
- Harsusi: adīm 3

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