*matay: 'when?' (interrogative adverb)

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*matay
Meaning'when?' (interrogative adverb)
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Epigraphic South ArabianQat. mty (Ricks 1982 s.v. mty)Ricks 1982 s.v. mtygloss withheld
Mehrimayt (Rubin 2018 312, 319)Rubin 2018 312, 319gloss withheld
Akkadianmati; immati (CAD M/1 406)CAD M/1 406gloss withheld
Hebrewmātay; ʿad-mātay (HALOT 654)HALOT 654gloss withheld
Arabicmatā 'when?'; ḥattā matā 'until when? how long?' (Lane 3017)Lane 3017
Phoenicianmtm (T 205)T 205gloss withheld

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Notes

Huehnergard 2019, 67 reconstructs *mataj. HALOT 654 adds EA matīma, Ph. mtm, OSArb. mt and Akk. immati < in(a) mati. Not S73 *ʾid 'when; then' nor 2504 *mtt/y 'spread'. 2560 *ma(h) 'what?' carries Soqotri mī 'when?'.

Updated 31 October 2026

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Linear A Lexicon