*gaw-: 'people'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*gaw-
Meaning'people'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Hebrewgôy (HALOT 182); gēw (Jb 30:5) (HALOT 182)HALOT 182gloss withheld
Amoritegaʾjum (Gelb AS 21, 18); gāyu (Buck 2019, 327); gayyu; gayyišam: ga-ji-ša-am (A.3993) (Streck 2000, 89)Gelb AS 21 18; Buck 2019, 327; Streck 2000 89gloss withheld
Epigraphic South ArabianSab gwy, gw-m (SD 51); gw, gwy (Biella 67); Qat. gw (Ricks 1982 s.v. gw)SD 51; Biella 67; Ricks 1982 s.v. gwgloss withheld
Phoeniciangw, with the article hgw (KAI 60) (Krahmalkov 137; T 63)KAI 60; Krahmalkov 137; T 63gloss withheld
PunicNeo-Punic hgw (Krahmalkov 137; T 63)Krahmalkov 137; T 63gloss withheld

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Notes

HSED 906 prints Semitic *gaw- 'man, people' with Hebrew gōy and South Arabian gw. Mari gāʾu 'group, gang (of workmen)' is a West Semitic loanword in Akkadian (CAD G 59; HALOT 182).

Updated 25 October 2026

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