# \*gint- 'wine or olive press' 1, 'farmstead, estate' 2

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

- Author's gloss: wine press, olive press, vat; estate
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/g/3779_wine_or_olive_press_1_farmstead_estate_2.md

## In Linear A

- [KI-TA-I](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-TA-I/index.md>) (gittī): of the (olive-)press, press-estate (nisbe -ī on gitt- 'press; farmstead, estate')

## Notes

HALOT 206: < *gint. Not SA112 *wht 'presses'.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: gt /gittu/ 1, 2: gt mlk (DULAT 307) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: gat 1 (Isa 63:2; Neh 13:15) (HALOT 206) (gloss withheld)
- Canaanite: EA /gittu-/, /gintu-/ in place names: Gimtu, Ginti- (HALOT 206; DULAT 307)
- Phoenician: gt 1 (T 68) (gloss withheld)

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