# \*ʾam(a)t- 'maid, girl, handmaid'

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

- Author's gloss: maidservant, handmaid
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BE/2783_maid_girl_handmaid.md

## In Linear A

- [A-MI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-MI-TA/index.md>) (ʾamita): handmaid (of the goddess)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: amtu (CAD A/2 82) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: ʔaₓ(NI)-ma-tum /ʔam(a)tum/ (VE 1160; Krebernik 1983, 41) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Phoenician: ʾmt (Krahmalkov 61); ʔmt (T 25) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ʔāmā (HALOT 61) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: (Emp) ʔmh [SEDonline semet 1420]
- Syrian Aramaic: ʾam(ə)ṯā (LGz. 26)
- Mandaic Aramaic: amta (LGz. 26)
- Amorite: ʾamtum (Gelb AS 21, 13); ʾamatu (Buck 2019, 323) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: ʾamtaʾ (T 25)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ʔam-at- [SEDonline semet 1420]
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ʾmt; Dadanitic ʾmt; Taymanitic ʾmt; Thamudic D ʾmt (Al-Jallad 2026, 6) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab Qat ʾmt (Kogan 2011, 237; Sabaweb lemma 1365) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ʾamat (LGz. 26) (gloss withheld)
- Tigre: ʾamät (LGz. 26) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: amät (LGz. 26)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.