Proto-Semitic root
*ḳaml- ~ *ḳalm-
‘louse’
di Mino’s gloss: louse; vermin
Record 2229 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes14 languages
East Semitic1
- Eblaiticga-ma-tum = UḪ [MEE 4 1022]gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic4
- Judaic Aramaicḳalmǝtā ‘vermin’ [Ja. 645], [Levy WT II 363].
- Syrian Aramaicḳalmā 'lousea small creature infesting grain' [Brock. 668], [PS 3635].
- AramaicAnc. ḳml [HJ 1013]gloss withheld
- Modern AramaicKrd., JNA, Tlk., Ass. ḳalmaNSyr. ḳŭlmâTur. ḳalmo (SED II 177)
Arabic1
- Arabicḳaml- ‘lice’, ḳummal- 'small antssmall grasshoppers that do not yet have wings‘ [BK 2 816], [Fr. III 500] (also ḳamāl- ’pediculus'), [LA 11 568-9].
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab. ḳmlt [SD 105; Sabaweb lemma 3056]gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian7
- Tigreḳämlät [LH 237]gloss withheld
- Geezḳʷǝmāl, ḳǝmāl [LGz. 432].gloss withheld
- GurageMsq. Gog. Sod. ḳǝmal, Sel. Wol. ḳumal, Cha. Eža ḳǝmar, Gyt. ḳǝm̱ār, Zwy. ḳǝmāy, Muh. ḳǝme, Enm. ʔǝ̃m̱ār, End. ʔǝwān [LGur. 481].gloss withheld
- Amharicḳǝmal [K 700].
- Tigrinyaḳumal id. [Bass. 288].
- Harariḳumāy (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 49)
- Argobbaqəmal (LGz. 432)
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.