# \*bayt- 'house'

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

- Author's gloss: house, household, estate; temple
- SED semet 637
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/b/652_house.md

## In Linear A

- [PI-TA-KA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-TA-KA-SE/index.md>) (Bīt-kissē): House of the Throne, the crown estate (institution heading); rival the Hurrian name of PI-TA-KE-SI
- [PI-TA-KE-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-TA-KE-SI/index.md>) (Bīt-kissi): (Man) of the throne-house, crown dependant (title); rival Hurrian PN Pidi-kešḫi

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: bītu, bētu
- Eblaitic: ba-du (VE 336; Krebernik 1983: 14 apud SEDonline 1383); ba-da-a, ba-da-ga, ba-zu /bayt/: names ba-da, ba-du, ba-ti; /bīt/: names du-bí(NE)-ti, a-ma-bí(NE)-du (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 135) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: bt
- Phoenician: b(y)t
- Hebrew: bayit
- Aramaic: (Palest) bayt-, bet-, (Nab, Palm) byt
- Punic: bt, byt (T 58) (gloss withheld)
- Canaanite: Moab bt (DNWSI 156) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: baytā (Payne Smith 43)
- Amorite: bīt (Buck 2019, 325; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 135) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: bayit (HALOT 124) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: bayt- (Lane 280)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic bt (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 62); Dadanitic bt; Hismaic bt lt (Al-Jallad 2026, 31) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: byt (Sabaweb lemma 1285); Qat. byt (Ricks 1982 s.v. byt) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: beyt, bêt
- Soqotri: beyt
- Tigre: bet
- Geez: bet
- Jibbali: bet
- Amharic: bēt
- Tigrinya: bet
- Modern South Arabian: Mehri a-bətk (OLA80 §33.9) (gloss withheld)
- Gurage: bet (OLA80 §31.17) (gloss withheld)
- Argobba: bedu (OLA80 §32.28) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Beyond Semitic

- Greek: Βυτυλλιον (OLA80 §21.9) (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.