# \*wVṣ̂Vʾ- 'leave' 1, 'exit, issue' 2

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

- Author's gloss: to go out, come forth, rise; exit, issue
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/w/K0448_leave_1_exit_issue_2.md

## In Linear A

- [A-MA-WA-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-MA-WA-SI/index.md>) (ʿAmma-wāṣiʾ): the Kinsman who comes forth (El epithet); rival 'Strong One'
- [JA-PA-RA-JA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-PA-RA-JA-SE/index.md>) (yapʾara yāṣē): may that which goes out glorify—volitive yaqtula √p-ʾ-r + √y-ṣ-ʾ participle/imperfect (the outpoured libation as subject)
- [JA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-SE/index.md>) (yāṣē): that which goes out, it goes out (3ms imperfect/participle √y-ṣ-ʾ with ʾaleph-III loss)
- [SE-TO-I-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SE-TO-I-JA/index.md>) (Ṣētiya): the Eastern (place), a central Cretan toponym; rivals the epithet 'she of the East' and a pre-Greek toponym Setoiya
- [SI-JA-SE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-JA-SE/index.md>) (šī-yāṣē): which goes out (disbursement marker)—relative particle šī + 3ms imperfect √y-ṣ-ʾ "to go out"
- [SI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-TE/index.md>) (Ṣīt): the East, lit. 'the going-out (of the sun)', a name for eastern Crete; rival ṣīt 'issue, outlay'

## 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.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: waṣû 1 (AHw 1475); ṣītu 2 (AHw 1106) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root wṣʾ]
- Eblaitic: /tawḍiʾ/ > /tūḍiʾ/ (Akk. tūṣi), 3rd f./2nd m. 1: names da-zi-du-du, da-zi-ma-ad(-um)/ma-du, du-zi-i-šar (Krebernik 1988, 53–56); ṣ́iʔ 2: zé, zé KA, suff. zé-ga, zé-sù, zé-gú-nu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 362) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Aramaic: YṢY 'depart' 1 [Anderson–Moser 2024 root wṣʾ]
- Hebrew: yaṣaʾ 1 (HALOT 425); mōṣāʾ 2 (HALOT 559) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root wṣʾ]
- Punic: yṣʾ 1; N.Pu. tṣʾt, in btṣʾtm 2 (T 344) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root wṣʾ]
- Ugaritic: yṣʾ 1 (CUC; DULAT 969); ṣảt 2 (DULAT 764) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root wṣʾ]
- Syrian Aramaic: (y)iʿā 1 (LGz. 606) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: yʿa 1 (LGz. 606)
- Amorite: jṣʾ 1: jīṣiʾ, jāwṣiʾ, jāṣiʾ, ʾūṣiʾ (Gelb AS 21, 22); mawṣ́iʔ 2: name mu-zi-ia (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 362) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: yṣʾ 1 (T 127); mṣʾ 2 (T 192) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: wḍʾ; wẓʾ 1 (HALOT 425); Sab wḍʾ 1 (SD 156; Biella 142; Sabaweb lemma 3312); mwḍʾ 2 (Biella 143) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: waḍʾa 'leave' 1 (Dillmann 06870) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root wṣʾ]
- Soqotri: ʾeḍa 1 (LGz. 606) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: wäṣä 1 (LGz. 606) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: wäṭṭa 1 (LGz. 606)
- Argobba: wäṭṭa 1 (LGz. 606)
- Gurage: wäṭa 1 (LGz. 606)
- Harari: wåṭaʾa 1 [LHar 162] (gloss withheld)
- East Ethiopic: Sel. wäṭa, Wol. wäṭä, Zwy. wäṭā 1 (EDG 671 apud SEDonline 261) (gloss withheld)

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