# \*kapūr- 'bowl'

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

- Author's gloss: bowl, jug
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/3777_bowl.md

## In Linear A

- [KA-PO-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-PO-RU/index.md>) (kapōru): bowl; rival kubburu 'extra share'

## Notes

HALOT 492 adds Syr. kāfartā and Tigre kafar 'basket'. Not 2997 *kapar- 'to cover, smear; to atone' nor K0100 *kapār- 'village'.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: kᵉpôr, of gold and of silver (Ezra 1:10, 8:27; 1 Chr 28:17) (HALOT 492) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: kᵉpôrā (Tg.) (HALOT 492)
- Emar: DUG kap-pár-ra, DUG kap-pár-r[u], a kind of vessel (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 315)
- Syrian Aramaic: kapurtā (LGz. 277)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: kawāfir (HALOT 492) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: kafar, pl. ʔakfār (LGz. 276) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: käfär (LGz. 277) (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.