# \*maʕay/w-: 'intestines, entrails'

> Proto-Semitic *maʕay/w-, 'intestines, entrails': 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 | \*maʕay/w- |
| Meaning | 'intestines, entrails' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2150 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | maʕy-, maʕan (pl. ʔamʕaʔ-) 'intestines' \[BK 2 1131\] | BK 2 1131 |  |
| Mehri | mǝʔwǝyēn \[JM 260\] | JM 260 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | miʕḥo (míḥo) \[LS 248\]. | LS 248 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | amūtu OB \[CAD a2 96\], OAkk \[AHw 461\], mu-ú-tum \[ibid\]. | CAD a2 96; AHw 461 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | mʕeyīn \[JH 87\] | JH 87 |  |
| Tigre | mǝʕo, mǝʕotay, mǝʕotät, pl. ʔamʕit \[LH 135\] | LH 135 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | mia \[DM 265\] | DM 265 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | (?) ZWY moʔo \[LGur 386\]. | LGur 386 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ʔamāʕut \[LGz 23\] | LGz 23 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | \*mǝʕē (pl.suff. mǝʕṓhī) 'belly' (BDB 1101). | BDB 1101 |  |
| Modern Aramaic | MAL maʕwṯa \[Berg 56\] AZR miya \[Garb 319\] | Berg 56; Garb 319 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | mēʕayim (pl.) (HALOT 609); PB maʕyān \[Ja 816\] | HALOT 609; Ja 816 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | mǝʕā (mǝʕayyā), maʕyānā \[Ja 812, 816\]; mʕyn (pl.) \[DJPA 322b apud CAL\] | Ja 812, 816; DJPA 322b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | mǝʕayyā, mǝʕūtā 'intestines' \[Brock 397\] | Brock 397 |  |
| Tigrinya | ʔamʕut 'intestine' \[Bass 491\] | Bass 491 |  |
| Aramaic | Dem. mʕyn (du.) \[HJ 1260\] | HJ 1260 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.