# \*ḥVkuk-: 'to itch, scratch (oneself)'

> Proto-Semitic *ḥVkuk-, 'to itch, scratch (oneself)': reflexes in 20 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>) › [ḥ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/het/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḥVkuk- |
| Meaning | 'to itch, scratch (oneself)' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1664 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḥkk (-u-) 'to scratch' \[BK 1 469\] | BK 1 469 |  |
| Mehri | ḥǝk \[JM 173\] | JM 173 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | ekēku (i/i) OB, SB \[AHw 193\], \[CAD e 63\] | AHw 193; CAD e 63 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | ḥek |  |  |
| Tigre | ḥakka, ḥankäkä \[LH 88\] | LH 88 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | HKK, HUK \[DM 147\] | DM 147 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | SEL WOL ZWY ankäkä \[LGur 33\] | LGur 33 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ḥkk |  |  |
| Gurage | CHA ENN END GYE akäkä, EZ̆A akkäkä \[ibid.\] |  |  |
| Jibbali | ḥɔttk \[JJ 107\]. | JJ 107 |  |
| Hebrew | PB ḥākak 'to scratch' \[Ja 462\] | Ja 462 |  |
| Amharic | akkäkä \[K 1265\] | K 1265 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ḥăkak 'to scratch' \[Ja 462\]; ḥăkāk 'scab, sore' \[ibid.\] | Ja 462 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | ḥak 'scratched' \[Brock 230\] | Brock 230 |  |
| Modern Aramaic | NAssyr. ḫāyik \[Tser. 080\]; Iran. ḫyk \[Pen. 91\] | Tser. 080; Pen. 91 |  |
| Argobba | hakkäka \[LArg. 204\] | LArg. 204 |  |
| Tigrinya | ḥakäkä \[Bass. 60\] | Bass. 60 |  |
| Harari | ḥakäka (SED I 288) | SED I 288 | gloss withheld |
| Gafat | ənkʷakʷä (LGz. 228) | LGz. 228 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ḥkk (Al-Jallad 2026, 74) | Al-Jallad 2026 74 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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