# \*lV-- 'to' A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on. - Author's gloss: to, toward, for - Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/l/K0116_to.md ## In Linear A - [RE]() (le-): to, for, as (preposition) ## Notes SEDonline 1347 also files Harsusi l- here; the MSA prepositions l- stand in 1538 (Kogan 2015, 562 apud SEDonline 1462). ## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic - Punic: l- 'for' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root l-] - Ugaritic: l (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 16) (gloss withheld) - Hebrew: lə (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 16) (gloss withheld) - Syrian Aramaic: lə (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 16) (gloss withheld) - Phoenician: l (Tomback 1978:153 apud SEDonline 1347) (gloss withheld) - Mandaic Aramaic: l- (MD 226) (gloss withheld) - Amorite: la, li, lu: la-ka, lija, luhu (Gelb AS 21, 23) (gloss withheld) - Biblical Aramaic: lə (HALOT 507) (gloss withheld) ## Reflexes: Arabic - Arabic: li (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 16) (gloss withheld) - Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic l; Dadanitic l; Hismaic l (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 91–92) (gloss withheld) ## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian - Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab l (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 16); l- (Biella 255); l- (Sabaweb lemma 1195) (gloss withheld) ## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian - Geez: la (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §5.2.2.1 no. 16) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root l-] - Tigrinya: nə (TED 1299 apud SEDonline 1347) (gloss withheld) - Amharic: lä- (AED 37 apud SEDonline 1347) (gloss withheld) - Harari: le (EDH 98 apud SEDonline 1347) (gloss withheld) - East Ethiopic: Sel. Wol. Zwy. lä (EDG 372 apud SEDonline 1347) (gloss withheld) - Gurage: Muh. Msq. -l-, Sod. lä, Sod. nä (EDG 372 apud SEDonline 1347) (gloss withheld) --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/roots/K0116/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.