# \*kVbaw-(at-): '(dry cow's) dung'

> Proto-Semitic *kVbaw-(at-), '(dry cow's) dung': reflexes in 15 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>) › [K](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/k/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*kVbaw-(at-) |
| Meaning | '(dry cow's) dung' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2112 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | kiban, kibat- 'rubbish removed from the house and thrown in a heap' \[BK 2 857\] | BK 2 857 |  |
| Mehri | kōbǝn \[JM 202\]. | JM 202 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | kabû (ḳabû, kabūtu) SB \[CAD k 28\], \[AHw 418\] | CAD k 28; AHw 418 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | kǝbo(tät), kǝbe \[LH 409\] | LH 409 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | WOL kǝbot, SEL kǝbōt, ZWY hubut \[LGur 335\] | LGur 335 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | kǝbo \[LGz 272\] | LGz 272 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | GOG kubäta, SOD kǝbota, MSQ xubäta, MUH xubäta, xuwäta, CHA EŽA GYE xǝwäta, ENN xǝwäda, END hǝwäd \[LGur 335\] | LGur 335 |  |
| Modern Arabic | DAṮ kabū 'dry dung' \[GD 2554\] | GD 2554 |  |
| Jibbali | kɔ̄ \[JJ 138\], ekbé \[ibid.\] | JJ 138 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | kubät, kʷǝbät, kǝbot \[K 1421\] | K 1421 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | \*kǝbūyā (in pl. constr. kǝbūyē) 'heap, excrement' \[Ja 607\] | Ja 607 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | kǝbūtā 'dung' \[Brock 315\] | Brock 315 |  |
| Gafat | kubät \[LGaf 208\] | LGaf 208 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | kubo 'dried cattle dung' \[Bassano 598\] | Bassano 598 |  |
| Argobba | kubät (Leslau 1997: 207 apud SEDonline 986) | Leslau 1997: 207; SEDonline 986 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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