# \*bit-/\*but-: 'cut off, break off'

> Proto-Semitic *bit-/*but-, 'cut off, break off': reflexes in 9 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 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*bit-/\*but- |
| Meaning | 'cut off, break off' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 494 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | btt \[-u-,-i-\] (Lane 147) | Lane 147 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic bt (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 62) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 62 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | bätäbbätä (AED 917 apud SEDonline 1895) | AED 917; SEDonline 1895 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | batbata (LGz. 112) | LGz. 112 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | bätbätä (TED 1157 apud SEDonline 1895) | TED 1157; SEDonline 1895 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | bett (SEDonline 1895) | SEDonline 1895 | gloss withheld |
| Mehri | həbtōt (ML 56 apud SEDonline 1895) | ML 56; SEDonline 1895 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | btt (DULAT 249) | DULAT 249 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | bāṯaṯ (LGz. 112) | LGz. 112 |  |

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## Linked from

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

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