# \*mʾt: 'hundred'

> Proto-Semitic *mʾt, 'hundred': reflexes in 23 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 | \*mʾt |
| Meaning | 'hundred' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehri | myēt; mī (Rubin 2018 299) | Rubin 2018 299 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | mi-at/me-at (OLA80 §35.20); meʾatu | OLA80 §35.20; Anderson–Moser 2024 root mʾt | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | mēʾā (OLA80 §35.20) | OLA80 §35.20 |  |
| Arabic | miʾat (OLA80 §35.20) | OLA80 §35.20 |  |
| Ugaritic | mit 'hundred' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root mʾt |  |
| Punic | mʾt; Neo-Punic mʾtm (Krahmalkov 268) | Krahmalkov 268; Anderson–Moser 2024 root mʾt | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | mʾh (DNWSI 586) | DNWSI 586; Anderson–Moser 2024 root mʾt | gloss withheld |
| Phoenician | mʾtm (HALOT 538) | HALOT 538 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | mʾ (HALOT 538) | HALOT 538 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | mʾt (HALOT 538; Sabaweb lemma 1468) | HALOT 538; Sabaweb lemma 1468 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | məʾət (LGz. 324) | LGz. 324 |  |
| Soqotri | miʾe (LGz. 324) | LGz. 324 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | m(ʾ)ā (LGz. 324) | LGz. 324 |  |
| Tigrinya | məʾti (LGz. 324) | LGz. 324 |  |
| Amharic | mäto (LGz. 324) | LGz. 324 |  |
| Argobba | mäto (LGz. 324) | LGz. 324 |  |
| Gurage | mäto (LGz. 324) | LGz. 324 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic mʾt (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 94) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 94 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ma-i-at, ma-i-ḫu-at (VE 1363', 1364' apud SEDonline 1607; Krebernik 1983, 44) | VE 1363', 1364'; SEDonline 1607; Krebernik 1983, 44 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | Moab mˀt (DNWSI 586) | DNWSI 586 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | JBA mˀā (DJBA 634 apud SEDonline 1607) | DJBA 634; SEDonline 1607 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | məˀət (WTS 131 apud SEDonline 1607) | WTS 131; SEDonline 1607 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | məʾā (HALOT 538) | HALOT 538 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

OLA80 §35.20. Common origin across Semitic and Libyco-Berber. Tuareg tə-meḍe related to Semitic m't with emphatic d replacing voiceless t. Eblaite ma-i-AD, the numeral '100,000' of the administrative texts, is /miʾ-at/ '100' or m-ʾ-d 'to be much' (1704) for Krebernik 1983, 44; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 28 files it under maʔid 'abundant, great; 100.000' (m-ʔ-d), reading dubious.

## Linked from

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

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