Proto-Semitic root

*ḳVw-

‘remain’ 1, ‘wait’ 2

di Mino’s gloss: to wait, hope; remain

Record 1678 ↗ · SED semet 1792 · Basis: SED

In Linear A3 entries

JA-KUYaqūpersonal name, Amorite type (yaqtul of QWJ)SpeculativeSemitic13DJA-KU-TIYaqūtipersonal name, Amorite type: base JA-KU with -TISpeculativeSemitic1KO-JAQōyapersonal name, Amorite type (quwy- 'wait for, hope')SpeculativeSemitic13D

Reflexes4 languages

East Semitic1

  • Akkadianqāʾu 2

Northwest Semitic2

  • Hebrewqwy 2
  • Syrian Aramaicqwʔ 1, 2

Epigraphic South Arabian1

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

Linear A Lexicon