# \*bḳy: 'to remain, stay'

> Proto-Semitic *bḳy, 'to remain, stay': reflexes in 4 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [B](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-26.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*bḳy |
| Meaning | 'to remain, stay' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehri | báyḳi (Rubin 2018 134) | Rubin 2018 134 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | béḳé (Rubin 2014 658) | Rubin 2014 658 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | baqiya 'he, or it, remained, continued, lasted, endured'; ʾabqāhu 'he made, or caused, him, or it, to remain' (Lane 237) | Lane 237 |  |
| Punic | Neo-Punic tbqy (Krahmalkov 124) (T 53) | Krahmalkov 124; T 53 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Neo-Punic tbqy ʾʾlk 'tarry, O passer-by' (KAI 165.1; Krahmalkov 124; T 53–54). Not 626 \*bVḳ- 'examine' (Aramaic bqʾ, Syriac bqā).

## Linked from

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

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