# \*kV-: 'with'

> Proto-Semitic *kV-, 'with': reflexes in 2 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 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*kV- |
| Meaning | 'with' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline 1452 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehri | k-/kə- (ML 200 apud SEDonline 1452) | ML 200; SEDonline 1452 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | k- (JL 124 apud SEDonline 1452) | JL 124; SEDonline 1452 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Proto-MSA \*kV- 'with' (SEDonline 1452). From PS \*kV 'like, as', with a shift from comparative to comitative, cf. Gez. məsla 'with' &lt; məsl (\*miṯl-) 'likeness, similarity' (Kogan 2015:559 apud SEDonline 1452). Arakelova (2001:17–18, 51) leaves open whether it develops the comparative meaning or is a homonym (SEDonline 1452). Cf. 3266 \*kV 'like, as, in the manner of'.

## Linked from

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

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