# \*bVṣ- '(a bird)'

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

- Author's gloss: a kind of bird
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/b/4413_a_bird.md

## In Linear A

- [PI-SA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-SA/index.md>) (Pīsa): personal name, '(a bird)', Akk. būṣu; rival an institution; a recipient

## Notes

CAD B 349 holds the bird apart from būṣu B 'hyena' and calls its late equation with iṣṣūr ḫurri 'partridge(?)' (CAD I/J 207) insufficient to identify it.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: būṣu C; PN Bu-ṣu-um, Bu-ṣa-a, Bu-ṣi-ia (OB), Bu-ū-ṣu (NB) (CAD B 349) (gloss withheld)

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