# \*kabkab- 'star'

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

- Author's gloss: star
- SED semet 3082
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/2548_star.md

## In Linear A

- [KA-KU-PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-KU-PA/index.md>) (kawkab): Star (place name, as Mari Kabkab)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: kakkab-
- Eblaitic: kak-kab (Kogan 2011, 193; VE 791; Krebernik 1983, 30); gag-gáb /kakkab/: names ga-kab, ga-ba-ga-bù, ga-ba-kab (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 297); DN Kabkab (= ᵈMUL), guarantor of legal acts beside ᵈUTU and Hadda (Antalík 1998, 40) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: kukb-
- Ugaritic: kbkb (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.2.1 no. 80)
- Phoenician: kbkb; kkb (T 141) (gloss withheld)
- Modern Aramaic: Urm kāwkǝb-
- Hebrew: kōkāb (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.3.1 no. 80)
- Syrian Aramaic: kawkǝb- (Payne Smith 208)
- Aramaic: Pal kwkb (DJPA 253a apud CAL)
- Amorite: kabkab- (OLA80 §29.13); kakkab: kab-ka-bu-um, kab-ka-bi-im, ka-ab-ka-ba (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 297) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: kawkab-

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: kwkb (Sabaweb lemma 2830) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: kebkib
- Soqotri: kibšib
- Harsusi: kebkīb
- Tigre: kokäb (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 80)
- Geez: kokab (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 80)
- Gurage: Sod kokäb (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 80), Cha ḵʷäḵʷab
- Jibbali: kǝbkēb (Kogan 2015, ch. 8 §3.2.1 no. 80)
- Amharic: kokäb (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 80)
- Gafat: kokobä
- Argobba: kokäb
- Tigrinya: ḵʷaḵob
- East Ethiopic: ZWY kokkäb (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 80) (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.