# \*(ʾi-)šim- 'name'

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

- Author's gloss: name; posterity
- SED semet 602
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%C5%A1/621_name.md

## In Linear A

- [JA-DA-SU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-DA-SU/index.md>) (Yadaʿ-Šum): personal name, 'Šum knew'
- [JA-SU-MA-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SU-MA-TU/index.md>) (yā Šumāt): O Šumāt! (vocative yā + divine name, plural of \*šum- 'name')
- [SI-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-MA/index.md>) (šima): name, renown, progeny (common noun in construct state; also attested as personal name Šima = Shem)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: šum- (AHw 1274)
- Eblaitic: su-mu-um /šumum/ (VE 1144, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 684 apud SEDonline 37; Krebernik 1983, 40); /Sam/: names sa-ma, sá-ma, sá-mu; su-mu-um /Sum/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 249–250) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: šum- (MD 454)
- Ugaritic: šm
- Biblical Aramaic: šum (CAL s.v. šm)
- Phoenician: šm (T 321) (gloss withheld)
- Modern Aramaic: Urm šimm-
- Hebrew: šēm
- Syrian Aramaic: šǝm (Payne Smith 583)
- Aramaic: Pal šēm, šwm (DJPA 555b apud CAL)
- Punic: šm, šʿm (T 321) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root šm]
- Amorite: šum- (OLA80 §63.5); šumu (Buck 2019, 333); Sam: sa-mu-mu-ú, sa-mu-a-bi-im, ša-ma-bu-um (Ur III); Sim: cf. si-im-me-a-tar, si-mu (Ur III); Sum: su-ma-an, su-mu-mu, šu-mi-in-ni (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 249–250) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ʔism-
- Modern Arabic: Leb ʔǝsǝm, Mec ism, Mlt isem

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: s1m (Sabaweb lemma 5018) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: ham
- Soqotri: šem
- Harsusi: hem
- Tigre: šǝm (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 57)
- East Ethiopic: Wol sum
- Geez: sǝm (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 57)
- Gurage: Cha šǝm; Sod sǝm (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 57)
- Jibbali: šum
- Amharic: sǝm (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 57)
- Harari: sum (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 57)
- Gafat: sǝmʷä
- Argobba: sǝm
- Tigrinya: sǝm; šəm (OLA80 §14.9) (gloss withheld)

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