# \*kbd: 'to be heavy; to be honoured'

> Proto-Semitic *kbd, 'to be heavy; to be honoured': reflexes in 16 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*kbd |
| Meaning | 'to be heavy; to be honoured' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebrew | kbd (HALOT 455) | HALOT 455 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | kabātu (Bab.), kabādu (Ass.), D (HALOT 455) | HALOT 455 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | kbd (HALOT 455); \*/kubuddatu/?, pl. /kubuddātu/ (UVST 135) | HALOT 455; UVST 135 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | EA kabātu (HALOT 455) | HALOT 455 |  |
| Phoenician | kbd (HALOT 455) | HALOT 455 |  |
| Punic | kbd (T 136–137); N.Pu. kbd (T 137) | T 136–137; T 137 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | kbd: kabidum, kabida, kabdum (Gelb AS 21, 22); kabd: ka-ab-tu-ka-a-bi, qa-sú-ka-ab-ta-at; kabid: ga-bi-da-nu-um, i-bi-iš-ga-bi-id, mu-ut-ga-bi-id; kabbid: ka-ab-bi-da (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 295–296) | Gelb AS 21 22; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 295–296 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | ku-ba-da, ku-ba-di, ki-ba-dì, ki-ba-da-ti /kubbadu/, /kibbadu/, /kibbadātu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 106–107) | Pentiuc 2001 106–107 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | /k-b-d/: cf. name ig-da-bad; /kabd/: names kab-du, kab-da-an, kab-da-nu (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 295) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 295 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic kbdt (Al-Jallad 2026, 81) | Al-Jallad 2026 81 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | kabda (LGz. 273) | LGz. 273 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | käbda (LGz. 273) | LGz. 273 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | käbädä (LGz. 273) | LGz. 273 |  |
| Amharic | käbbädä (LGz. 273) | LGz. 273 |  |
| Gurage | käbbädä; (a)käbbädä (LGz. 273) | LGz. 273 | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | käbbäda (LGz. 273) | LGz. 273 |  |

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

## Notes

Not 1940 \*kab(i)d- 'liver'. HALOT 455: Arb. III 'to struggle with difficulties', OSArb. kbd 'burden', Tigr. 'to be heavy'.

## Linked from

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

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