# \*dabay-: 'hide, lie in wait'

> Proto-Semitic *dabay-, 'hide, lie in wait': reflexes in 6 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>) › [D](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/d/index.md>). Updated 2026-11-05.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*dabay- |
| Meaning | 'hide, lie in wait' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geez | dabaya (LGz. 122) | LGz. 122 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | dəḇā (LGz. 122) | LGz. 122 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | däba (LGz. 122) | LGz. 122 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | (ʔa)däbba (LGz. 122) | LGz. 122 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | a-debä (LGz. 122) | LGz. 122 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Arabic | Dathina dabā (LGz. 122) | LGz. 122 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

Homonym of 244 \*daba/iy- 'small locust, ant; bees' and 2402 \*dabab/y- 'calf'.

## Linked from

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

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