Proto-Semitic root
*ḳVlVl-
‘be small, be light’ 1, ‘swift; courier, (messenger-)service’ 2
di Mino’s gloss: to be light, small, swift; courier
Record 979 ↗ · SED semet 1004 · Basis: SED, meaning edited
In Linear A1 entry
Reflexes20 languages
East Semitic2
- Akkadianqallu 1qalālu 1 (CAD Q 55)gloss withheld
- Eblaitic/qall/ 1: name gal-lum/qallil/ 1, 2: name gal-li-lu (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 345)gloss withheld
Northwest Semitic6
- Hebrewqalal 1 (HALOT 1103; BDB 886)gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaicqallīlā, qll 1 (HALOT 1100, 1103)
- Syrian Aramaicqallīlā 1 (HALOT 1100)
- Mandaic Aramaicqalil 1 (HALOT 1100)
- AramaicQLL 1 (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. qll)gloss withheld
- Ugaritic/qallu/ 1 (UVST 174)ql 2 (DULAT 689)qlt 2 (DULAT 691)gloss withheld
Arabic1
- Arabicqalla [-i-] ‘to be small, little’ 1 (Lane 2992)
Epigraphic South Arabian1
- Epigraphic South ArabianSab qll(m) 1 (Biella 457)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian10
- Soqotriqel 1
- Harsusiqel 1
- Tigrinyaqälälä 1 (LGz. 428)gloss withheld
- Gurageqälälä 1 (LGz. 428)gloss withheld
- Tigreqälla 1 (LGz. 428)
- Harariqäläla 1 (LGz. 428)
- Amharicqällälä 1 (LGz. 428)
- Argobbaqälläla 1 (LGz. 428)
- Gafatqälliyä 1 (LGz. 428)gloss withheld
- Geezqalla 1 (LGz. 428)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.