*k(ʷ)ṯ̣r: 'to bind, tie, knot'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*k(ʷ)ṯ̣r
Meaning'to bind, tie, knot'
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Akkadiankaṣāru (CAD K 257); kuṣṣuru (CAD K 597)CAD K 257; CAD K 597gloss withheld
Amoriteqṣr: jaqṣur, qaṣirum (Gelb AS 21, 29)Gelb AS 21 29gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaicqṭar 'to tie, bind' (Payne Smith 502)Payne Smith 502
Mandaic Aramaicgṭr (MD 88)MD 88gloss withheld
Geezqʷaṣara (LGz. 450)LGz. 450gloss withheld
Tigrinyaqʷaṣara (LGz. 451)LGz. 451gloss withheld
Mehrikəḏ̣áwr (JM 203 apud SED I 140)JM 203; SED I 140gloss withheld
Jibbalikɔ́ḏ̣ɔ́r (JJ 126 apud SED I 140)JJ 126; SED I 140gloss withheld
Eblaiticgú-za-ra/rí-tum, var. gú-zu/zú-ra-tum /ḳuṣ(a)r(a)t/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 360)Sanmartín GlOS 1, 360gloss withheld

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Notes

The noun 'joint' is 1949. SED I 140 and LGz. 451 join the Aramaic qṭr 'tie' to the Akkadian and Geez (k- > ḳ- by assimilation, SED). Arabic kaẓara 'cut a notch in the bow for the string' (Lane 2615; SED I 140).

Updated 26 October 2026

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