Proto-Semitic root

*karVt-

‘to cut, cut off; make a covenant’

di Mino’s gloss: to cut, sever; make a covenant

Record 2766 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor

In Linear A3 entries

KI-RE-TA-NAKretanCretan (gentilic: 'of Crete')ConfirmedSemitic43D KI-RE-TA₂Kirēta / KretKret (eponym of Crete)ProbableSemitic2 KI-RI-TA₂KirītaKret (variant spelling)ProbableSemitic23D

Reflexes5 languages

East Semitic1

Akkadiankarātu (CAD K 215)gloss withheld

Northwest Semitic2

Phoeniciankrt (Krahmalkov 243)krt (T 149)gloss withheld
Hebrewkārat (HALOT 500)gloss withheld

Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian2

Tigrekartata (HALOT 500)
Tigrinyakarata (HALOT 500)

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

Linear A Lexicon