Proto-Semitic root

*ṭmm ~ *ʾṭm

‘to be deaf and mute’ 1, ‘to stop up, fill up’ 2, ‘to overflow, abound’ 3

di Mino’s gloss: to stop up, close off; deaf, mute; fill, abound

Record 2104 ↗ · SED semet 2306 · Basis: SED, meaning edited

In Linear A1 entry

Reflexes8 languages

East Semitic1

Northwest Semitic3

Arabic1

  • Arabicṭamma, of a torrent, ‘it filled up, or choked up, the well’ṭamma l-ʾināʾa ‘he filled the vessel so that the contents overflowed its edges’ (Lane 1877) 2ṭamma, of water, ‘it was abundant, and rose high’ (Lane 1877) 3

Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian3

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

Linear A Lexicon