# \*ṯay- 'gift, tribute'

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

- Author's gloss: gift, tribute
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B9%AF/3780_gift_tribute.md

## In Linear A

- [SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI/index.md>) (šay): tribute, gift—logographic abbreviation of šay(u); administrative category marker for goods designated as tribute/gift offerings

## Notes

Tomback 316 reconstructs *ṮY. DULAT has no Ugaritic ṯy.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: šay, brought to YHWH (Isa 18:7; Ps 68:30, 76:12) (HALOT 1476) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: šy (T 316) (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: ṯy (HALOT 1476; T 316) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Soqotri: še (LS 53 apud HALOT 1476) (gloss withheld)

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