# \*kilʾ-: 'both'

> Proto-Semitic *kilʾ-, 'both': reflexes in 16 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 | \*kilʾ- |
| Meaning | 'both' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3089 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | kilā |  | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | keʔala |  | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | kilallū |  | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | kǝlʔot m., kǝlʔe f. 2 (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.4 no. 91) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.4 no. 91 |  |
| Ugaritic | kla-t |  | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | Wol hoyt 2 |  |  |
| Geez | kǝlʔe 2 (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.4 no. 91); kəlʔettu; kəlʔetti (LGz. 282) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.4 no. 91; LGz. 282 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | Cha ḵʷet 2; hʷett (LGz. 282) | LGz. 282 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | kilʔ-ayim |  | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | hulät 2 |  |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | klʔy |  |  |
| Harari | koʔot 2 (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.4 no. 91) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.4 no. 91 |  |
| Gafat | ǝlǝttä 2 |  |  |
| Argobba | ket, häʔǝt 2 |  |  |
| Tigrinya | kǝlǝttä, kǝltä 2, kalǝʔ |  | gloss withheld |
| Mehri | kəlō (ML 207 apud SEDonline 69) | ML 207; SEDonline 69 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

OLA80 §35.4b: Hebrew kil'ayim, Arabic kilā/kiltā, Akkadian kilallān/kilattān.

## Linked from

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

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