# \*butur-: 'cut' > Proto-Semitic *butur-, 'cut': reflexes in 11 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [B](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*butur- | | Meaning | 'cut' | | Basis | project | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Akkadian | butturu (?) (LGz. 112) | LGz. 112 | gloss withheld | | Arabic | batara 'severed' (Lane 149) | Lane 149; Anderson–Moser 2024 root btr | | | Geez | batara (LGz. 112) | LGz. 112; Anderson–Moser 2024 root btr | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | batar 'cut' (BDB 144) | BDB 144; Anderson–Moser 2024 root btr | | | Aramaic | biṯrā (LGz. 112) | LGz. 112 | gloss withheld | | Tigre | bätray (LGz. 112) | LGz. 112 | gloss withheld | | Gurage | bätärä (LGz. 112) | LGz. 112 | gloss withheld | | Jibbali | ōtər (JL 30 apud SEDonline 1314) | JL 30; SEDonline 1314 | gloss withheld | | Emar | bi-it-ru, bi-ta-ri /bitru/, /bitarū/ (Pentiuc 2001, 39–40) | Pentiuc 2001 39–40 | gloss withheld | | Eblaitic | ba-da-lu /b-t-r/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 130), /batārum/ (G inf.) (VE 532; Hajouz 2013, 187) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 130; VE 532; Hajouz 2013, 187 | gloss withheld | | Amorite | batar: ba-ta-ri-im (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 130) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 130 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes PES \*batr- 'branch, stick, rod' (Gez. batr, Tgr. bätər, Tna. bätri, Amh. bättər, Sod. bättər, Har. bärti) is derived from PWS \*btr 'to cut off' (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §4.1 no. 3). ## Linked from - [B]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/b/K0026_cut/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.