# \*samm- 'plant; poison'

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

- Author's gloss: plant, herb, drug; poison
- SED semet 2667
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/s/2409_plant_poison.md

## In Linear A

- [SA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-MA/index.md>) (samm-): herb, aromatic plant (commodity term in allocation lists)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: šammu (HSED 2185; AHw 1156) (Kogan Add. to HSED 2, 2185) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: smm (DULAT 751) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: pB sam(mā) Ja 998
- Judaic Aramaic: sam(mā) Ja 998
- Syrian Aramaic: sam 'a drug, medicine, remedy, poison, pigment' (Payne Smith 379)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: samm- (Lane 1419), simm-, summ-

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: sem
- Soqotri: sam
- Harsusi: sem
- Harari: summi
- Tigrinya: sǝmi

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