# \*ṭmm ~ \*ʾṭm 'to be deaf and mute' 1, 'to stop up, fill up' 2, 'to overflow, abound' 3

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

- Author's gloss: to stop up, close off; deaf, mute; fill, abound
- SED semet 2306
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B9%AD/2104_to_be_deaf_and_mute_1_to_stop_up_fill_up_2_to_ov.md

## In Linear A

- [\*118-MI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*118-MI/index.md>) (ṭammi): abundance, a counted entry; rival dam 'blood'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ṭummum- OB on [AHw 1394], ṭummumu (D-stem) SB [ibid.] 1 (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: ʔṭm (HALOT 37) 1; ṭāmam, Shabb. 73b (Jastrow 540) 2 (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ṭəmam 'to fill up, stop', Tg. Onq. Gen 26:15, 18; 'and filled the pits up', Giṭṭ. 68a (Jastrow 540) 2
- Syrian Aramaic: ʔaṭṭīmā [Brock 14], ʔeṭṭam; ṭǝmīmā [Brock 279] 1; ṭam (ṭmm) (LGz. 593) 2 (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ṭamma, 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) 2; ṭamma, of water, 'it was abundant, and rose high' (Lane 1877) 3

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ṭamma, ṭamama (LGz. 593) 2 (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: ṭämämä [Bass 894] 1; ṭämṭämä (LGz. 593) 2 (gloss withheld)
- Soqotri: ʔiṭéreh (f.) [LS 57] (gloss withheld)

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