# \*mVtVḳ-: 'be sweet'

> Proto-Semitic *mVtVḳ-, 'be sweet': reflexes in 16 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>) › [M](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/m/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*mVtVḳ- |
| Meaning | 'be sweet' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1214 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehri | maṭq |  |  |
| Soqotri | maṭaq; meṭoq (LGz. 373) | LGz. 373 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | matāqu 1 |  |  |
| Harsusi | maṭq |  |  |
| Tigre | mäṭṭäḳä 1 |  |  |
| Ugaritic | mtḳ |  | gloss withheld |
| Modern Arabic | mṭḳ |  | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | mtq 1 |  |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | mtḳ |  | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | MTQ (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. mtq#2) | Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. mtq#2; Anderson–Moser 2024 root mtq | gloss withheld |
| Geez | metūq (HALOT 654); məṭqat (LGz. 373) | HALOT 654; LGz. 373 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | mṭq (HALOT 655); maṭqa (LGz. 373) | HALOT 655; LGz. 373 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | mataqum, matiqum, matqum (Gelb AS 21, 24) | Gelb AS 21 24 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | tá-ma-tù-ḳù (Kogan 2011, 239; VE 42; Krebernik 1983, 2); da-ma-du-gu-um, da-ma-du-gu /tamtuq/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 59); Civil 2017, 98, 125 divides da-ma-du gú-(um) (= Sum. níg-ki) and takes da-ma-du as, cf. 1052 \*tmm | Kogan 2011 239; VE 42; Krebernik 1983, 2; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 59; Civil 2017 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | mətīḳ (Kogan 2011, 239) | Kogan 2011 239 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | miṭáyḳ (Kogan 2011, 239) | Kogan 2011 239 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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