# \*ḳarḳar- 'earth as a solid surface (ground)'

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

- Author's gloss: ground, floor
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/q/3178_earth_as_a_solid_surface_ground.md

## In Linear A

- [QA-QA-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-QA-RU/index.md>) (Qaqqaru): personal name, 'Ground' (Akkadian qaqqarum)

## Notes

PS *ḳarḳar- 'earth as a solid surface (ground)' (Fronzaroli 1968: 271, 287, 298; Kogan 2011: 189 apud SEDonline 514).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ḳaḳḳaru (CAD Q 113; AHw. 900 apud SEDonline 514) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: cf. na-iš g[àr-ga-ri-im] /qaqqar, qarqar/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 351); /naʾiš qaqqarim/ (= Sum. níg-ki; MEE 4 116, restoring MEE 4 112 r. ii) (Civil 2017, 78 n. 14, 125) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: ḳarḳaˁ (HALOT 1148 apud SEDonline 514); pB. ḳarḳārā (Jastrow 1427 apud SEDonline 514) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: JPA ḳrḳˁ (DJPA 507 apud SEDonline 514); JBA ḳarḳˁā (DJBA 1046 apud SEDonline 514) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: qarqar- (LA 5 100 apud SEDonline 514) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Soqotri: ḳárḳɛhɛr (LS 387; SLOnline 7838) (gloss withheld)

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