# \*ḫVŝ(ḫVŝ)-: 'seek' 1, 'need, be needed' 2, 'watch' 3 > Proto-Semitic *ḫVŝ(ḫVŝ)-, 'seek' 1, 'need, be needed' 2, 'watch' 3: reflexes in 10 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [ḫ](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*ḫVŝ(ḫVŝ)- | | Meaning | 'seek' 1, 'need, be needed' 2, 'watch' 3 | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 1410 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Akkadian | ḫašāḫu 2 (CAD Ḫ 134); ḫašaḫtu 2 (CAD Ḫ 134); ḫišiḫtu 2 (CAD Ḫ 204) | CAD Ḫ 134; CAD Ḫ 204 | gloss withheld | | Tigre | ḥss 3 | | | | Geez | ḫśś 1 | | | | Syrian Aramaic | ḥšaḥ 2 (Payne Smith 161); ḥšaḥtā 2 (Payne Smith 162); ḥəšaḥ (LGz. 266) | Payne Smith 161; Payne Smith 162; LGz. 266 | gloss withheld | | Tigrinya | ḥss 1 | | | | Amharic | assäsä (LGz. 266) | LGz. 266 | gloss withheld | | Harari | xaša (LGz. 266) | LGz. 266 | gloss withheld | | Gurage | käše (LGz. 266) | LGz. 266 | gloss withheld | | Eblaitic | ḫas₁iḫ 2: name ʔà-ši-ḫu (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 284) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 284 | gloss withheld | | Biblical Aramaic | ḥšḥ 2 (HALOT BArm. s.v. חשׁח); \*ḥašḥū 2 (HALOT BArm. s.v. חַשְׁחוּ) | HALOT BArm. s.v. חשׁח; HALOT BArm. s.v. חַשְׁחוּ | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes Kaufman 1974, 54: the limited distribution of Aramaic ḥšḥ (BA, Syriac, CPA) is the only reason to suspect a loan from Akkadian ḫašāḫu; the root shape, with ḫ first and third, is as unusual in Akkadian as in Aramaic. ## Linked from - [ḫ]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/kha/1335_seek_1_need_be_needed_2_watch_3/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.