# \*ʾVm(m)-: 'group of relatives; family; clan; people' > Proto-Semitic *ʾVm(m)-, 'group of relatives; family; clan; people': reflexes in 9 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [ʾ](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## 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 | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Linked from - [ʾ]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/1788_group_of_relatives_family_clan_people/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.