*klm: 'word, speech'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*klm
Meaning	'word, speech'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	kalimat 'a word'; kalām 'a saying; sayings, words; speech, something spoken' (Lane 3003)	Lane 3003
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab klm (SD 77)	SD 77	gloss withheld

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Notes

SD 77 reads klm in C 546/7 and J 643/8 and glosses it with Arabic kalām; Biella 248 takes the C 546/7 reading as doubtful (a verb, cf. Arabic kallama, or k- with the particle lm). Not 2663 *kalVm- 'shame, reproach'.

Updated 26 October 2026

*klm: 'word, speech'

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