# \*mutaʕ- 'bring away'

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

- Author's gloss: to carry off, remove; rescue, help
- SED semet 866
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/m/854_bring_away.md

## In Linear A

- [MA-TI-ZA-I-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-TI-ZA-I-TE/index.md>) (Matiʿ-zayti): Protector of the olive trees (personal name; matiʿ 'protector' + zayt 'olive tree'); rival Hurrian mat-

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: mtʿ (CUC; DULAT 591) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: m-t-ʿ: cf. ia-ma-(at-)ti-DINGIR (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 58) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: mtʕ a,1,12
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic mtʿ (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 100) (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.