# \*ṣVṣ- 'salt-field, salt-works' 1, 'salt' 2

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

- Author's gloss: salt-works, salt marsh; salt
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%E1%B9%A3/3987_salt_field_salt_works_1_salt_2.md

## In Linear A

- [SI+SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI~2BSE/index.md>) (ṣiṣe): the salt-works (Ug. ṣṣ, WSem. ṣēṣūma 'salt marsh'), an establishment drawing grain, oil and figs; rival Šipšu, the Sun-deity

## Notes

A reduplication of *ṣV- (Watson 2020, 18), with Ug. /ṣēṣu/ or /ṣīṣu/ (Huehnergard 1987, 170, apud Watson 2020, 18 n. 17). Leslau derives the Ethiopic words from Cushitic (Bil. šəwa, Kham. čəwā, Qua. ṣ̌ewā) and finds Dillmann's link with Ar. ṣawā 'dry up' unconvincing (LGz. 565); Watson 2020, 17–18 takes them for inherited Semitic. HALOT 1023 keeps Ug. ṣṣ apart from mlḥ(t) and prefers the conjecture ṣiyyûn at Jer 48:9.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ṣṣ, ṣṣ PN (n) (KTU 4.340; 4.344, totalled ảlp ttm kbd mlḥt; DULAT 781) 1; qn ṣṣ b ṣṣ (KTU 5.26 rev. 1; Watson 2020, 16) 1; syll. pl. ṣí-ṣú-ma, ṣi-e-ṣi-ma, glossing A.ŠÀ MUN(.MEŠ) (CAD Ṣ 150 ṣēṣūma; DULAT 781) 1 (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: II ṣîṣ, Jer 48:9 (HALOT 1023) 2; ṣyṣym beside mlḥ, Sir 43:19 (Watson 2020, 17) 2 (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ṣew, ḍew (LGz. 565) 1, 2 (gloss withheld)
- Tigre: č̣əwa (LGz. 565) 2 (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: č̣äw (LGz. 565) 2 (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: č̣äw (LGz. 565) 2 (gloss withheld)

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