# \*śVyVm- 'place'

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

- Author's gloss: to put, place, set, establish
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/%C5%9B/K0500_place.md

## In Linear A

- [SA-JA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SA-JA-MA/index.md>) (śaymā): setting, arrangement; a set/group (of vessels)—deverbal noun from √ś-y-m 'to place, set'
- [SI-MI-TA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/SI-MI-TA/index.md>) (Śīmat): personal name (f.), on √ś-y-m 'to place, fix'; rival Šimʿat

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: šiāmu (AHw 1225) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root śym]
- Eblaitic: si-mi /šīm/ (Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 685 apud SEDonline 1871); si-mi, u₉-si-ma-am₆, su-mu /S-y-m/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 281) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Punic: šm (T 322) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: ś-y-m 'place' (BDB 1113)
- Hebrew: śīm, śūm (HALOT 1321) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: śūm (HALOT 1321)
- Syrian Aramaic: sām, sym (HALOT 1322)
- Aramaic: *sym (HALOT 1322)
- Mandaic Aramaic: SUM, SIM (HALOT 1322)
- Amorite: śjm: jaśīm, śāma, śāmum, śāmtum (Gelb AS 21, 32); śāma, yaśīm (Buck 2019, 332); S-y-m: ia-si-ma-tum, la(-a)-ia-si-im, la-ia-si-i-im (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 281) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: šm (T 322) (gloss withheld)
- Emar: ma-ši-mu /maśīmu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 123) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: šāma, šym (HALOT 1322)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab. šm, šym (HALOT 1322; Sabaweb lemma 2233); ts²(y)m (OLA80 §41.23; Sabaweb lemma 5131) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: śym 'set' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root śym]
- Tigrinya: säyyämä (LGz. 540) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: šomä (LGz. 540) (gloss withheld)
- Tigre: šäyäma (LGz. 540)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.