*bVtVk-: 'cut' 1, 'arbiter, judge' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*bVtVk-
Meaning'cut' 1, 'arbiter, judge' 2
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Geezbataka 'break' 1 (Dillmann 03992)Dillmann 03992; Anderson–Moser 2024 root btk
Arabicbataka 1 (LGz. 112)LGz. 112gloss withheld
Tigrebätka 1 (LGz. 112)LGz. 112gloss withheld
Tigrinyabätäḵä 1 (LGz. 112)LGz. 112gloss withheld
Amharicbättäkä 1 (LGz. 112)LGz. 112gloss withheld
Guragebätäkä 1 (LGz. 112)LGz. 112gloss withheld
Akkadianbatāqu, badāqu 1 (HALOT 110, 167)HALOT 110, 167gloss withheld
Hebrewבתק pi. 1 (HALOT 167)HALOT 167gloss withheld
Eblaiticb-t-ḳ 1: ŠU.KU₅ = ba/bí-da-gi i-tim (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 110); ba-da-qù da-ne-um (= Sum. DI.KU₅) /battāq/ 2 (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 110)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 110gloss withheld

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Notes

Akkadian q against Arabic and Ethiopic k; HALOT 110, 167 and Sanmartín GlOS 1, 110 set them in one root. Hebrew בתק is a loan from Akkadian batāqu (HALOT 167).

Updated 4 November 2026

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