# \*ʾayy- 'which?' 1, 'where?' 2, 'how?' 3

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

- Author's gloss: which?, where?, how?
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BE/K0567_which_q_1_where_q_2_how_q_3.md

## In Linear A

- [A-JA-KU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-JA-KU/index.md>) (ʾAyaku): personal name ('Where are you?')
- [A-RE-NE-SI-DI-\*301-PI-KE-PA-JA-TA-RI-SE-TE-RI-MU-A-JA-KU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RE-NE-SI-DI-*301-PI-KE-PA-JA-TA-RI-SE-TE-RI-MU-A-JA-KU/index.md>) (\[…\] ʾAyaku): ring text ending with the personal name ʾAyaku

## Notes

Cf. 3713 *ʾn 'where?': HALOT 69 asks whether Hebrew ʾān comes from II ʾayin (BL 631e), which HALOT 42 derives from *ʾay with Arabic ʾaina.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ayyu 1; ay(y)akam 2 (HALOT 38) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾayy]
- Eblaitic: a, a-sa-ma /ʾayy/ 2; /ʾayya/ 2: names a-a-ne(NE)-àr(ḪAR), a-a-bar-ru₁₂ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 58–59) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: iy, ay 2 (HALOT 37); ỉk 3 (DULAT 41) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ʾayye, meʾayin 2 (LGz. 51); ʾêk 3 (HALOT 39); ʾêpō 2 (HALOT 43); ʔē 2; ʔē ze 1 (LGz. 49) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: ʾe, ʾayye 2 (LGz. 51); OAram. ʾyk 3 (DNWSI 45); ʔēḵā 2 (LGz. 49) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: ʾay-kā 2 (LGz. 51); ʔaynā 1 (LGz. 49) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: ʾajja, ʾajjan, ʾajji, ʾijja 2 (Gelb AS 21, 13); ʾayya 2: a-a-, a-a-a-bu-ú, a-a-ḫa-am-mu-ú; ʾayyan 2: a-an-a-ba-al, a-an-li-im; ʾiyya 2: i-a-a-ab-DINGIR (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 59) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: ʾy 2 (B 265) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: ʾy 2, in the name ʾybʿl (Krahmalkov 46) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ʾayyu 1 (HALOT 38)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: ʾy 1 (HALOT 37; Sabaweb lemma 7542) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: ʾay 1; ʾefō 2 (HALOT 43) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾayy]
- Tigre: ʾaya, ʾəttäya, ʾatäy 2 (LGz. 51); ʾafō 2 (WTS 388 apud HALOT 43); ʔayi 1 (LGz. 49) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: ʾay in ʾabäy, ʾayti 2 (LGz. 51); ʔayyän, ʔayyänay (LGz. 49) (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: yät 2 (LGz. 51) (gloss withheld)
- Argobba: yed 2 (LGz. 51) (gloss withheld)
- Gurage: et 2 (LGz. 51); e 2 (LGz. 49) (gloss withheld)
- Mehri: ey (LGz. 49)
- Harari: āy 1 (LGz. 49) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.