Proto-Semitic root
*maʾ-/*may-
‘water’
di Mino’s gloss: water
Record 711 ↗ · SED semet 702 · Basis: SED
In Linear A2 entries
Reflexes23 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianmû (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.3.2 no. 94)
- Eblaiticma-wu/ma-u₉ i-da (Kogan 2011, 191; VE 626a; Krebernik 1983, 24)mu-ù, ma-wu i-da-a, ma-u₉ i-da /maʾw, māw, māy/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 27)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic9
- Ugariticmy (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.2.1 no. 94)mhgloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root mw
- Phoenicianmm (Krahmalkov 292)gloss withheld
- Hebrewmayim (pl.) (Kogan 2015, ch. 4 §3.1.1.1 no. 94)
- Syrian Aramaicmayy- (pl.)mayā 'water, watersjuice' (Payne Smith 268)
- Aramaicmayy- (pl.)myn, myʾ (DNWSI 620)gloss withheld
- Canaanitemi(e)ma (HALOT 576)
- Judaic Aramaicmayyā (HALOT 576)
- Mandaic Aramaicmia, mai (HALOT 576)
- Punicmm ‘water’Anderson–Moser 2024 root mw
Arabic2
- Arabicmāʔ-
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic my (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 101)mytmwʾmʾ (Al-Jallad 2026, 96)gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab mw, du. mw-nhn, pl. mwy, ʾmwh (SD 88; Sabaweb lemma 1878)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian9
- Mehriḥemūh
- Harsusiḥemyoh
- East EthiopicWol mäy
- Geezmāy (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 94)
- Jibbalimih
- Hararimīy (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 94)
- Tigrinyamay (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 94)gloss withheld
- Tigremay (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.2 no. 94)gloss withheld
- Guragemay (LGz. 376)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.