# \*kumir- 'priest'

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

- Author's gloss: priest; priestess
- SED semet 30
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/48_priest.md

## In Linear A

- [KI+MU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI~2BMU/index.md>) (kumru): priest(s) (personnel category, ligatured onset abbreviation)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: kumru OA, Mari; kumirtu (f.) (HALOT 482)
- Eblaitic: gúm-ri-im /kamr, kumr/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 309) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Phoenician: kmr; kmr (T 144) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: komär
- Aramaic: kmr
- Canaanite: kamiru (HALOT 482) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: kumrā (HALOT 482)
- Amorite: kumrum (Gelb AS 21, 23); kumara (Buck 2019, 328); kamr, kumr: cf. ku-um-ri, mu-tu-ku-um-ri (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 309) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: kūmraʾ (T 144)
- Mandaic Aramaic: kumraʾ (T 144)
- Ugaritic: /kumru/? (UVST 137) (gloss withheld)
- Emar: kà-ma-ri /kamarū/, ku-ma-ri /kumarū/ (Pentiuc 2001, 95–96) (gloss withheld)

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