# \*ʾVpVy-: 'bake'

> Proto-Semitic *ʾVpVy-, 'bake': reflexes in 14 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ʾVpVy- |
| Meaning | 'bake' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | epû 'bake' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾpy |  |
| Aramaic | ʾPY (DNWSI 94) | DNWSI 94; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾpy | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ʾafaya 'bake' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾpy |  |
| Hebrew | ʾapah 'bake' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾpy |  |
| Punic | ʾpy 'bake' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾpy |  |
| Ugaritic | ʾpy; /ʾāpiyu/? (UVST 108) | UVST 108; Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾpy | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | ʾpy (HALOT 78) | HALOT 78 |  |
| Soqotri | mofe (LGz. 10) | LGz. 10 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ʾepā (LGz. 10) | LGz. 10 |  |
| Phoenician | \*ʾpy: ʾpm (T 27) | T 27 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | a-pá-um (Kogan 2011, 242); a-bí-tum, a-bí-a-tum /ʾāpiytum, ʾāpiyātum/ (ARET IX; Fronzaroli 1995, 60); a-ba-um /ʾappāyum/ (= Sum. ninda-du₈-du₈) (VE 44; Bonechi 2008, 12–13); a-ba-um (= Sum. níg-du₈-du₈, EV 0237) (Fronzaroli 1995, 60) | Kogan 2011 242; ARET IX; Fronzaroli 1995, 60; VE 44; Bonechi 2008, 12–13; EV 0237 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | mīfan (Kogan 2011, 242) | Kogan 2011 242 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ʾape (T 27) | T 27 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | ʾapʾ (T 27) | T 27 |  |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Hajouz 2013, 65 reads VE 44 a-ba-um as /ʾapāʾum/ 'to bake', G infinitive, where Bonechi 2008, 12–13 reads /ʾappāyum/ 'baker'.

## Linked from

- [ʾ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/alef/index.md>)

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