*ʾVm(m)-: 'group of relatives; family; clan; people'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ʾVm(m)-
Meaning	'group of relatives; family; clan; people'
Basis	reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected
SED	SEDonline semet 1921

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	ʔumm-at- 'assembly, crowd, multitude; family; people, nation' [BK 1 52], ʔmm 'to head towards, make for a place; to march at the head; to prescribe, command in one's capacity as chief' [ibid.]	BK 1 52
Akkadian	ummānu OB [AHw 1413], ummatu O-N Bab [ibid. 1414]	AHw 1413; AHw 1414	gloss withheld
Tigre	ʔammät [LH 355]	LH 355	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	umt [DULAT 72]	DULAT 72	gloss withheld
Biblical Aramaic	ʔummā 'nation' (BDB 1081)	BDB 1081
Hebrew	ʔummā, ʔēm ? [HALOT 62]	HALOT 62	gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian	SAB ʔmm [SD 6; Sabaweb lemma 3551], ʔm-t [SD 5; Sabaweb lemma 1365]	SD 6; Sabaweb lemma 3551; SD 5; Sabaweb lemma 1365	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	ʔem(m)-, pl. ʔemhāt-, ʔemh- 'mother; origin' [Brock 23], ʔūmūn-, ʔūmūt- 'people, nation' ibid. 24	Brock 23
Amorite	ʾummu (Buck 2019, 323)	Buck 2019, 323	gloss withheld

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Updated 22 October 2026

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