*=ma: 'enclitic topicalizing and emphatic particle' 1, 'adverbial enclitic' 2

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*=ma
Meaning'enclitic topicalizing and emphatic particle' 1, 'adverbial enclitic' 2
Basisproject

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Epigraphic South ArabianSab -m, -mw 1 (Biella 265)Biella 265gloss withheld
Akkadian=ma 1: ileqqû=ma izuzzū (Huehnergard 2019, 68)gloss withheld
Ugaritic-m 1: kṯrm ḥbrk (KTU 1.6 VI 49; DULAT 504); -m /-am/ 2 (DULAT 504)KTU 1.6 VI 49; DULAT 504gloss withheld
Hebrew-m 1, 2 (HALOT 538)HALOT 538gloss withheld
Amoritema/mi 1 (HALOT 538)HALOT 538

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Notes

Huehnergard 2019, 68 reconstructs topicalizing *=ma. DULAT 504 compares Akk. -ma/e/i, Hb. -m and Amor. -ma, -mi. Not 2522 *ma 'not', 2560 *ma(h) 'what?' nor 3784 *nā.

Updated 4 November 2026

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