# \*min: 'what?' 1, 'anything, whatever' 2

> Proto-Semitic *min, 'what?' 1, 'anything, whatever' 2: reflexes in 16 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*min |
| Meaning | 'what?' 1, 'anything, whatever' 2 |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3093 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | mīnu (CAD M/2 89; Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96); minummē 2 (CAD M/2 97) | CAD M/2 89; Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96; CAD M/2 97 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | Wol mǝn |  |  |
| Geez | mǝnt &lt;mǝ-ʔǝnta (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | Sod mǝn (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96), Cha mǝr | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96 |  |
| Amharic | mǝn (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | m |  |  |
| Harari | min (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | mǝnā (Payne Smith 281) | Payne Smith 281 |  |
| Gafat | mǝn, mǝni |  |  |
| Argobba | mǝn |  |  |
| Tigrinya | mǝntay (mǝnǝw) (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.3 no. 96 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | mn (CUC; DULAT 553); mnm 2 (DULAT 556) | CUC; DULAT 553; DULAT 556 | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | mnm 2 (Krahmalkov 296; T 187) | Krahmalkov 296; T 187 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | mnm 2, kl mnm 2 (Krahmalkov 296); mnm 2 (T 187) | Krahmalkov 296; T 187 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | mi-na, me/mi-ne-iš, me/mi-na-a /min/ 1; names mi-na-núm, mi-na-ì, mi-na-du, mi-na-il, mi-núm (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 26); me/mi-nu-ma, gen. me/mi-ne-ma, acc. me-na-ma; me-na-ma-ma (= Sum. NÌ.NAM) /mīnumma/ 2 (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 26) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 26 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | mə, mi (LGz. 352) | LGz. 352 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

DULAT 556 derives Ugaritic mnm from mn + enclitic -m and compares Akkadian mīnummê and Phoenician mnm; Krahmalkov 296 compares Akkadian mīnumma.

## Linked from

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

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