# \*bint- 'daughter'

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

- Author's gloss: daughter, girl
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/b/K0016_daughter.md

## In Linear A

- [PA-NA-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PA-NA-TU/index.md>) (banātu / panātu / (Ku)bānatu): daughters (fem. pl.) / portions / Kubaba devotees (cf. KU-PA-NA-TU)
- [PO-TO-KU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PO-TO-KU-RO/index.md>) (batkull): grandtotal (lit. 'daughter of all')

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: bintu 'daughter' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root bnt]

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: bat 'daughter' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root bnt]
- Punic: bt; N.Pu. bʿt (T 60) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root bnt]
- Phoenician: bt (T 60) (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: bt 'daughter' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root bnt]
- Syrian Aramaic: bnātā (Kogan 2011, 234) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: bintu/bittu (Buck 2019, 325); bintum, bittum, bina (Gelb AS 21, 16) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic bnt; Dadanitic bnt; Hismaic bnt; Thamudic D bnt; Hasaitic bnt (Al-Jallad 2026, 28) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Qat. bnt (Ricks 1982 s.v. bnt) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: ḥə-bántən (Kogan 2011, 235) (gloss withheld)

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