# \*ʾVy- 'island'

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

- Author's gloss: island, coastland
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/%CA%BE/K0604_island.md

## In Linear A

- [A-JE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-JE/index.md>) (ʾaye): island
- [I-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-JA/index.md>) (ʾiya): island
- [I-JA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-JA-TE/index.md>) (ʾiyyate): island (genitive after SI-MA 'name of'; -i written with an E-series sign)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Punic: ʾy; Neo-Punic ʾy, in bʾy (Krahmalkov 45) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾy]
- Hebrew: ʾy (T 12)
- Phoenician: ʾy (Krahmalkov 45) (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: ỉht (DULAT 31) (gloss withheld)

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Page: https://linear-a.ai/roots/K0604/
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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.