# \*ma/iṭ(ṭ/w)- ~ \*mVyṭ-: 'staff, rod, branch of a tree'

> Proto-Semitic *ma/iṭ(ṭ/w)- ~ *mVyṭ-, 'staff, rod, branch of a tree': reflexes in 8 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 | \*ma/iṭ(ṭ/w)- ~ \*mVyṭ- |
| Meaning | 'staff, rod, branch of a tree' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1983 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ma/iṭw- 'a palm branch split in two and thus used to tie something as with a cord' \[BK 2 1124\] | BK 2 1124 |  |
| Mehri | mīṭáyn (myṭ) \[JM 276\] | JM 276 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | miṭṭu (mēṭu, mīṭu) OB on \[CAD m2 147\] \[AHw 664\] | CAD m2 147; AHw 664 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | mǝṭ ʔabälä \[LH 143\] | LH 143 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ma-ṭì-um = gišgu-RUurudu and gišgu-RU-kakurudu (references in \[TD VIII 241-5\]) |  |  |
| Ugaritic | mṭ \[DULAT 594\] | DULAT 594 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | CHA EZHA ENN GYE mʷǝṭa, MUH GOG SEL muṭa, END muṭä |  | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | maṭṭǟ (HALOT 573), \[TD VIII 241-5\] | HALOT 573 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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