# \*tVʾVm- 'twin'

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

- Author's gloss: twin; to bear twins
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/t/2914_twin.md

## In Linear A

- [TU-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-MA/index.md>) (tūma): twin—birth-circumstance personal name from √t-ʾ-m

## Notes

HALOT 1694 also cites CPArm. twmʔ. Phoenician TʔM is a personal name only (Krahmalkov 2000, 487).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: tū(ʔ)mu(m) (HALOT 1694; AHw 1364) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: tōʔām 'twin' (BDB 1060); tāʔam 'be double, bear twins' (BDB 1060)
- Syrian Aramaic: tāʔmā (HALOT 1694; Payne Smith 603) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: tauma (HALOT 1694; MD 478) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: təyōmā (HALOT 1694)
- Amorite: taʾm, tuʾam: ta-mi, tu-ma-nu-um, tu-a-ma-tum (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 290) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: tʾm, in the personal name TʾM (B 427) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: tauʔam (HALOT 1694) (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.