# \*ʾVkul- 'eat'

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

- Author's gloss: to eat; food
- SED semet 829
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BE/819_eat.md

## In Linear A

- [I-KU-JU-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-KU-JU-TI/index.md>) (ʾukulti): food, provisions (section heading)

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: akālu (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: a-kà-lu-um (Kogan 2011, 238; VE 156; Krebernik 1983, 6); a-ga-lu-um, cf. i-gú-ul /ʾ-k-l/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 18); a-gul-la = Sum. ì-gu₇ (VE 1451; Civil 2017, 119); a-kà-lu-um /ʾakālu(m)/ (= Sum. kú, VE 156, EV 0191; Hajouz 2013, 50) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ʔakl; ʾkl (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: ʔkl (T 15)
- Hebrew: ʔkl (Kogan 2015, ch. 4 §3.1.1.1 no. 23); ʾakal (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: Aram (Emp) ʔkl, (Syr) ʔekal (Payne Smith 15), (Mand) akal; ʾKL (Aramaic Root Atlas; Qumran 9 apud CAL) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: ʾkl 'consume' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾkl]
- Judaic Aramaic: ʾăkīltā (HALOT 46) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: ʾūklā (HALOT 47); meʾklāʾ (HALOT 539) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: ʔkl (HALOT 46) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ʔkl [-u-] (Lane 71)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ʾkl (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 42) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: SAB MIN ʾkl (Kogan 2011, 238; Sabaweb lemma 3541); SAB ʾkl (Sabaweb lemma 8043) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ʾəkl (Kogan 2011, 238) (gloss withheld)
- Tigre: ʾakēlat (Biella 15); ʔəkəl (LGz. 15) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: ʔəḵli (LGz. 15) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: əhəl (LGz. 15)
- Argobba: əhəl (LGz. 15)
- Harari: əxi (LGz. 15)
- Gurage: äkəl (LGz. 15)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.