# \*ḥiṭṭ-at- 'wheat'

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

- Author's gloss: wheat, grain
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B8%A5/2691_wheat.md

## In Linear A

- [\*21F-\*118](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*21F-*118/index.md>) (ḥiṭṭa): wheat; rivals ḫaṭṭu 'sceptre', ḥaṯ 'unleavened bread'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: uṭṭatu (CAD U/W 352; AHw 1446) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: ħiṭṭ: [i]-ti, i-ti (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 245) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ḥṭt (DULAT 372) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: ḥṭm (Krahmalkov 181) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ḥiṭṭā (HALOT 307) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: ḫiṭītā (OLA80 §29.49) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ḥinṭǝtā (HALOT 307) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: ḥeṭṭǝtā (HALOT 307) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: ḥnṭh [HALOT 307] (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: hṭyʾ, hṭytʾ (MdD 140b, 143a) [HALOT 307] (gloss withheld)
- Emar: ḫi-iṭ-ṭi, ḫi-iṭ-ṭì /ḥiṭṭu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 70) (gloss withheld)
- Canaanite: EG SYLL ʿa=di=na(=ya) /*ḥiṭṭīna/ (Hoch 85) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ḥinṭa 'wheat' (BK 1, 503)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ḥṭt (Al-Jallad 2026, 76) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Soqotri: ḥinṭǝh (HALOT 307) (gloss withheld)
- Jibbali: ḥiṭ (JJ 119) (gloss withheld)
- Geez: ḥeṭat [HALOT 307] (gloss withheld)
- Mehri: ḥəṭāt (Kogan 2011, 203) (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.