# \*kry: 'heap of grain'

> Proto-Semitic *kry, 'heap of grain': reflexes in 3 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*kry |
| Meaning | 'heap of grain' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | karû A (CAD K 226) | CAD K 226 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | karyā 'a pile, heap, esp. a heap of threshed grain' (Payne Smith 226) | Payne Smith 226 |  |
| Eblaitic | ga-lu; ga-ru₁₂-um (= Sum. GUR₇) /kary/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 321); gi-lum, gi-lu-um /kiry/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 321) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 321 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Kaufman 1974, 63: Mishnaic Hebrew and Common Aramaic kry 'heap', probably a common Semitic word rather than a loan from Sum. GUR7. Not 2312 \*kiry- 'garden', 3121 \*kry 'to dig' or 3503 \*kry 'to be short'.

## Linked from

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

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