# \*kūr-: 'furnace, smelting furnace'

> Proto-Semitic *kūr-, 'furnace, smelting furnace': reflexes in 8 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*kūr- |
| Meaning | 'furnace, smelting furnace' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | kūru B (CAD K 571); kūru (HALOT 466) | CAD K 571; HALOT 466 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | kûr (HALOT 466) | HALOT 466 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | kūr 'fire, furnace, crucible' (Payne Smith 211) | Payne Smith 211 |  |
| Arabic | kūr (Lane 2637); kūr (Biella 244) | Lane 2637; Biella 244 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab kwr(n) (Biella 244) | Biella 244 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | kawr (HALOT 466) | HALOT 466 |  |
| Tigrinya | käwr (LGz. 300) | LGz. 300 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | käwr (LGz. 300) | LGz. 300 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

Kaufman 1974, 65 takes kūru 'furnace' as common Semitic and keeps it apart from kīru 'oven' (Hebrew and Arabic kīr), which has a Sumerian counterpart GIR4 and may be an old culture word. Not K0411 \*tVnVr- 'furnace' (tannūr).

## Linked from

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

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