# \*ḳuṭr- 'smoke, incense'

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

- Author's gloss: smoke, incense; to burn incense
- SED semet 3078
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/q/2544_smoke_incense.md

## In Linear A

- [QA-\*118-RA-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-*118-RA-RE/index.md>) (qaṭara(re)): incense, incense-offering (Semitic cultic term)
- [QI-TI-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QI-TI-RI/index.md>) (qiṭrī): my incense (ritual term)

## Notes

Akk. t by Geers' law; Geʿez and Tigre t also non-emphatic.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ḳatār-, ḳutr-, ḳutrēn-, ḳutrinn- (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: /ḳuṭṭurū/; ga-du-ru₁₂ u₉-ga-da-ra /q-D-r/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 359) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: guṭr-, gṭr (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: ḳṭr (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.1.2 no. 78) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ḳṭr (pi), ḳǝṭōrät (>Eg NK ḳdrt) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ḳiṭr- (DJBA 1009 apud CAL) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: qṭr (Krahmalkov 426) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: qṭrt (Krahmalkov 426); qṭrt, ktrt (T 287) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: qaṭar (Buck 2019, 331); qaDar: ga-at-ra-nu-um, ga-ta-ru-um, ga-tar-a-bi (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 359) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ḳṭr, ḳuṭār-, ḳaṭūr- (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab m-ḳṭr (SD 109; Sabaweb lemma 1803) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Tigre: ḳǝtare (gloss withheld)
- Geez: ḳtr, ḳǝttār(e) LGz 452 (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: ḳäṭṭärä, ḳättärä (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.