# \*ʕtw 'to behave proudly, be insolent; to revolt from obedience'

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

- Author's gloss: to be proud, insolent, rebellious
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BF/4412_to_behave_proudly_be_insolent_to_revolt_from_obe.md

## In Linear A

- [\*306-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*306-TU/index.md>) (ʿAttu): personal name (cf. Hebrew ʿAttay)
- [\*306-TU-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/*306-TU-JA/index.md>) (ʿAttuya): personal name, hypocoristic of \*306-TU in -ya
- [U-TA-I-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-TA-I-SE/index.md>) (ʿUtay-se): personal name: ʿUtay with the -SE suffix, a recipient of cyperus; rival a Cretan name of another language (LB u-ta-jo)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: ʿĂtāyāh, ʿAttay, PN, from Arb. ʿatā per Noth (HALOT 903)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ʕatā, ʕutuww 'to behave proudly, be immoderate; to revolt from obedience'; ʕātin 'proud, inordinate' (Lane 1951)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ʿty, PN, Ar. ʿatiy (Harding 406) (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.