Proto-Semitic root

*qāt-

‘hand’

di Mino’s gloss: hand; charge, care

In Linear A2 entries

KA-TIQātipersonal name Qāti 'Hand'SpeculativeSemitic1 QE-TIqātiin the charge of (list heading)SpeculativeSemitic1

Notes

OLA80 15.8. East Semitic qāt- ‘hand’ corresponds to West Cushitic (Omotic) kuč-/kis- ‘hand, arm’. Demonstrates t > č palatalization in Cushitic branch.

Reflexes1 language

East Semitic1

Akkadianqātum (Huehnergard 1997 GAk, 514; OLA80 §15.8)gloss withheld

Beyond Semitic1

West CushiticOmotic kuč-, kis- (OLA80 §15.8)gloss withheld

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