# \*bss 'to break, crumble' 1, 'to mix (meal) with clarified butter or olive oil' 2

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

- Author's gloss: to crumble; to mix meal with oil
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/b/4411_to_break_crumble_1_to_mix_meal_with_clarified_bu.md

## In Linear A

- [PA₃-SI-\*47](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA~E2~82~83-SI-*47/index.md>) (basīsa): meal worked with oil or clarified butter (commodity)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: bassa 'to break, crumble' 1, 'to mix sawīq or flour with clarified butter or olive oil' 2; basīsa 'meal so mixed' 2 (Lane 201)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.