# \*tam(V)r- 'palm tree'

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

- Author's gloss: date palm, date
- SED semet 731
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/t/737_palm_tree.md

## In Linear A

- [TAMIR](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TAMIR/index.md>) (tamir): proposed Semitic lexical name of the PALM/TREE sign
- [TI-MA-RU-WI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TI-MA-RU-WI-TE/index.md>) (Tīmar-luwwīt): Timar the Levite (f.), priestess (woman's name and title); rival Tamar + WI-TE
- [TO-MA-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TO-MA-RO/index.md>) (Tōmar): personal name, 'palm'
- [TO-MI-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TO-MI-RE/index.md>) (tōmir): date palm, its produce

## Notes

Geez tamr 'date, date palm' and Tigre tamar (HALOT 1756) are probably from Arabic tamr 'dates' (CDG 576). Kogan lists Geez tamr, tamart (CDG 576) among the reflexes (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 61).

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Phoenician: tmr (Krahmalkov 494); tmr (T 342) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: tāmār (HALOT 1757) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: tamrā, tumrā (HALOT 1756); tamrā (Jastrow 1679) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: tᵉmartā (HALOT 1756)
- Mandaic Aramaic: tumarta (HALOT 1756)
- Ugaritic: [ta]-ma-ru (HALOT 1756)
- Amorite: tamar: qí-iš-ti-ᵈta-ma-ru (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 298) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: tmr (Krahmalkov 494) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: tmrn; tmry (DNWSI 1222) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: tamr-at-

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. tmr (HALOT 1756; Sabaweb lemma 3074); ʾtmr (Sabaweb lemma 8545) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Soqotri: timreh (LGz. 576)
- Mehri: tōmər (Kogan 2011, 204) (gloss withheld)
- Jibbali: təmrɛ́t (Kogan 2011, 204) (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.