# \*kapār- 'village'

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

- Author's gloss: village, hamlet; town
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/K0100_village.md

## In Linear A

- [KA-PA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-PA/index.md>) (kapa(r)): village, settlement (kapar); rival an institution
- [KU-PA-RI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-PA-RI/index.md>) (kuparī): the villages, a group of men drawing grain; rival kaparrī 'junior shepherds'

## Notes

Arb. kafr 'village' is from Syriac (HALOT 494). Pitch: Heb. kōper (Gn 6:14), Syr. kūprā 'pitch, bitumen' (Payne Smith 210) and Arb. kufr, qafr go back to Akk. kupru (HALOT 495). 'Wipe, cover': 2997.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: kapru (HALOT 494) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root kpr]
- Eblaitic: ga-ba-ru₁₂ /kapr/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 315); ga-ba-ru₁₂ /kapru/ = Sum. é-dur (for é-dur₅) (VE 316; Civil 2017, 115) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Aramaic: kpr (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. kpr) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root kpr]
- Hebrew: kapar 'village' (BDB 499) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root kpr]
- Punic: kpr 'town' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root kpr]
- Phoenician: kpr, in the place name kprʾ (Krahmalkov 240) (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: kpr 'village' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root kpr]
- Syrian Aramaic: kpar 'village, hamlet' (Payne Smith 223)
- Amorite: kapr (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 315) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: kpr (HALOT 494) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: kapar 'village' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root kpr]

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