# \*ḳVdḳVd- 'skull, head'

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

- Author's gloss: skull, head, crown of the head
- SED semet 2127
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/q/1952_skull_head.md

## In Linear A

- [QA-QA-DA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-QA-DA/index.md>) (qaqqadu): head, top, capital (Akkadian qaqqadu(m))

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ḳaḳḳadu OA, OB on [CAD ḳ 100], [AHw 899] (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: gag-gú-tum /ḳaḳḳudum/ [Kr 12-13; Bl E 59]; /qaqqad/: name ga-ga-da-nu; gag-<gú>-du-nu, gag-gú-tum /qaqqud/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 340) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ḳdḳd [Aist 247] (gloss withheld)
- Modern Aramaic: (?) MLH kotke [J Mlah 180]. (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ḳodḳōd (HALOT 1071) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ḳodḳǝdā, ḳodḳōdā [Ja 1317]; ḳwdḳd [DJPA 478a apud CAL] (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: qaqqadum, qaqqadān (Gelb AS 21, 29); qaqqad: qa-aq-qa-da-an (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 340) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: muḳadd- 'the back of the head and neck between the two ears' [BK 2 683]

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Harari: ēḳäd [LHar 30] (gloss withheld)
- Mehri: ḳədēd (SED I 145)

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