Proto-Semitic root
*kapp-
‘palm, flap of hand or foot’
di Mino’s gloss: palm of the hand, sole of the foot; handful, bowl
Record 1945 ↗ · SED semet 2117 · Basis: SED
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes13 languages
East Semitic1
- Akkadiankappu OB on [CAD k 185], [AHw 444].gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic7
- CanaaniteEG SYLL ka=pa /*kappa/ [Hoch 318]gloss withheld
- Mandaic Aramaickapa [DM 200]gloss withheld
- Ugaritickp [DULAT 447]gloss withheld
- Hebrewkap (HALOT 491), *ʔäkäp in ʔakp-ī (HALOT 47)gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaickap (kappā) [Ja 657][DJPA 266b apud CAL]gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaickappā ‘palm (of the hand)’ [Brock 339]
- AramaicDRA OFF kp [HJ 528]gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabickaff- ‘palm of the hand’ [BK 2 910]kaff ‘hand’ (Lane 3001)Anderson–Moser 2024 root kp
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian4
- Mehrikaf [JM 204]gloss withheld
- Harsusikǝf [JH 67]
- Geez(?) kāf [LGz 276].gloss withheld
- Jibbalikɛf [JJ 127]
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.