# \*kiry- 'garden'

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

- Author's gloss: garden, orchard
- SED semet 2559
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/2312_garden.md

## In Linear A

- [KI-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RA/index.md>) (kirû): garden, orchard; rival qīru 'hot bitumen'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: kirû (kiriu) OAkk. on (CAD K 411) (AHw 485) (gloss withheld)

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