# \*ṯVkm- 'neck and shoulders'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on, also written \*čVkm-.

- Author's gloss: shoulder, nape; to carry on the shoulder
- SED semet 2230
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B9%AF/2037_neck_and_shoulders.md

## In Linear A

- [\*363-KE-MA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*363-KE-MA-SE/index.md>) (Šakma-se): the one of Šakmu (Shechem) (gentilic in -SE on the toponym)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Eblaitic: [iš]-gim-[t]um, iš₁₁-gi-du-núm /ʾiṯkimt/; iš-gi-da-nu /ʾiṯkittān/; /ṯakūm/: cf. names ša-gú-um, ša-gú-mu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 319) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ṯkm [Aist 334]. (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: šǝkäm (HALOT 1494, 1495) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: škm (Neo-Punic; Krahmalkov 460) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: ṯākim: ša-ki-mu-um, a-ḫi-ša-ki-im; ṯakūm: sa-ku-mu-um (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 319) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ṯuknat- [BK 1 231 apud SED I 251]

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Tigre: (?) šäkäm [LH 222], šäkǝm [ibid., apud Munzinger]. (gloss withheld)
- Geez: sakama (LGz. 496) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: täsäkämä, täšäkämä (LGz. 496) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: tašäkkämä (LGz. 496)
- Gafat: täsikkämä (LGz. 496)

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