# \*ḫimʔ-at- 'cream, curd, butter'

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

- Author's gloss: cream, curds, butter, ghee
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B8%AB/2751_cream_curd_butter.md

## In Linear A

- [E](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/E/index.md>) (ḥemʾat): butter, ghee (ḥemʾat), a quantified commodity

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ḫimētu (Bab.), ḫimātu (Ass.) (HALOT 325)
- Eblaitic: ḫi-ma-ad /ḫimʾat/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 272) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ḫmat (DULAT 390) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ḥemʔā (HALOT 325) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ḥemʾătā (HALOT 325)
- Amorite: ḫimʾat (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 272) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ḫmʾt (SD 61) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Harsusi: ḥāmi (Kogan 2011, 240)
- Soqotri: ḥámi (Kogan 2011, 240)

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