Proto-Semitic root

*kVsVy-

‘cover’

di Mino’s gloss: to cover, conceal, clothe; covering

Record K0104 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor

In Linear A2 entries

JA-KI-SI-KI-NUyaksīkinMay he cover you (f. pl.)! (3ms G imperfect yaksī + 2fp object suffix -kin)CandidateSemitic13D MI-KI-SE-NAmiksēnacoverings, blanketsSpeculativeSemitic1

Notes

HALOT 487 compares Akk. kašû ‘to cover’ (CAD K 294), with š against Hebrew s. Noun kusītu, kǝsūt ‘garment, covering’: 1317.

Reflexes10 languages

East Semitic1

Eblaiticgú-za-u₉ /kuSāy/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 325)gloss withheld

Northwest Semitic7

AramaicKSY (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 523)gloss withheldAnderson–Moser 2024 root ksy
Hebrewkasah ‘cover’Anderson–Moser 2024 root ksy
Ugariticksy ‘cover’Anderson–Moser 2024 root ksy
Amoriteksy (Huffmon APNM 222)k-s-y: ik-zu-el/il, mu-ka-sa-a-je-em, ia-ak-sí-ia (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 325)gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicksā 'cover, concealclothe, protect' (Payne Smith 220)
Phoenicianksy (T 146)gloss withheld
Punicmksʾ (T 176)gloss withheld

Arabic1

Arabicksw (HALOT 487)

Epigraphic South Arabian1

Epigraphic South Arabianksw (HALOT 487)

† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.

Linear A Lexicon