# \*bāb-: 'door, gate'

> Proto-Semitic *bāb-, 'door, gate': reflexes in 3 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 | \*bāb- |
| Meaning | 'door, gate' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 630 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | bāb- |  |  |
| Akkadian | bābu, bābāni, bābāti (OLA80 §31.14) | OLA80 §31.14 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | bābum (Gelb AS 21, 16) | Gelb AS 21 16 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

Off., Palm. bb (DNWSI 142) and JBA bābā (DJBA 183) 'door' are borrowed from Akk. bābu; Gez. bāb (CDG 85), Tgr. bab (WTS 286), Tna. bab (TED 1151) and Mhr. bōb (ML 59) 'door' from Arabic (SEDonline 1978, an areal \*bāb- 'door, gate').

## Linked from

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

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