# \*ktp: 'to bind'

> Proto-Semitic *ktp, 'to bind': reflexes in 3 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 2026-10-28.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ktp |
| Meaning | 'to bind' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geez | katafa (yəktəf); kətuf; kʷətfat, kutfat (LGz. 297) | LGz. 297 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | katafa 'to bind someone with the hands behind the back' (BK 2 861) | BK 2 861 |  |
| Soqotri | ktf (LGz. 297) | LGz. 297 |  |

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

## Notes

LGz. 297 compares Arabic katafa 'tie the hands behind the back' and takes the k-p-t forms of K0101 \*kVpVt- 'bind' as a metathesis. BK 2 861 gives katafa 'to strike at the shoulder blade' as its first sense, beside katif 'shoulder blade' (1948).

## Linked from

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

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