Proto-Semitic root

*wVṣ̂Vʾ-

‘leave’ 1, ‘exit, issue’ 2

di Mino’s gloss: to go out, come forth, rise; exit, issue

Record K0448 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor

In Linear A6 entries

A-MA-WA-SIʿAmma-wāṣiʾthe Kinsman who comes forth (El epithet)CandidateSemitic13DJA-PA-RA-JA-SEyapʾara yāṣēmay that which goes out glorify—volitive yaqtula √p-ʾ-r + √y-ṣ-ʾ participle/imperfect…CandidateSemitic1JA-SEyāṣēthat which goes out, it goes out (3ms imperfect/participle √y-ṣ-ʾ with ʾaleph-III loss)CandidateSemitic1SE-TO-I-JAṢētiyathe Eastern (place), a central Cretan toponymProbableSemitic13DSI-JA-SEšī-yāṣēwhich goes out (disbursement marker)—relative particle šī + 3ms imperfect √y-ṣ-ʾ "to go…CandidateSemitic2SI-TEṢītthe East, lit. 'the going-out (of the sun)', a name for eastern CreteCandidateSemitic2

Notes

Biella 142 compares Eth. waḍʾa, waṣʾa and Heb. yāṣāʾ, and cites Josh 19:1 wayyēṣēʾ haggōrāl for the casting of lots. Biella 143 compares Sab. mwḍʾ with Eth. wāḍā.

Reflexes19 languages

East Semitic2

Northwest Semitic8

Epigraphic South Arabian1

Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian8

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

Linear A Lexicon