Proto-Semitic root
*kV
‘like, as, in the manner of’
di Mino’s gloss: like, as; according to
Record 3266 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
PS *kV ‘like, in the manner of’ (Arakelova 2001: 16 apud SEDonline 1387). Akk. kî as a preposition is poetic (OB) (SEDonline 1387). Cf. K0095 *kVmVw- ‘like’ (SEDonline 1389), K0090 *kī ‘that, because’, 3421 *kV- ‘with’.
Reflexes12 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadiankî (CAD K 322, AHw. 468 apud SEDonline 1387)gloss withheld
- Eblaitic/ki/: (-)gi(-) in names, e.g. gi-a-du, gi-ì-lum/kay/: (=)ga(=) in names, e.g. ga-ʔà-du, ga-da-mu (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 293)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic5
- Ugaritick (DULAT 415–416; SEDonline 1387)gloss withheld
- Phoeniciank (Tomback 1978: 136 apud SEDonline 1387)gloss withheld
- Hebrewkə (HALOT 453 apud SEDonline 1387)gloss withheld
- Amoriteka/kī (Buck 2019, 328)ka: ka-zu-ra-DINGIR, ka-zu-ri-ḫa-la, a-ḫu-ka-a-biki: a-ḫi-ki-li-im, a-bi-mi-ki-DINGIR, ia-wi-ki-ìlkām(m)a: an-nu-ka-ma-bi, bu-nu-ka-ma-i-la, bi-ka-ma-DINGIR/el (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 293)gloss withheld
- Biblical Aramaickə (HALOT BArm. s.v. כְּ)gloss withheld
Arabic2
- Arabicka- (BK 2 849, Lane 2581 apud SEDonline 1387)gloss withheld
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic k (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 89)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab. k- (SD 76 apud SEDonline 1387)Qat. k- (LIQ 83 apud SEDonline 1387)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian2
- East EthiopicSel. Wol. ko (EDG 332 apud SEDonline 1387)gloss withheld
- GurageEnd. Enn. Gye. xä, Sod. ko (EDG 332 apud SEDonline 1387)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.