# \*nVkar-: 'ignore, disapprove' 1, 'deny' 2, 'be different, strange, foreign' 3, 'to recognise, know' 4

> Proto-Semitic *nVkar-, 'ignore, disapprove' 1, 'deny' 2, 'be different, strange, foreign' 3, 'to recognise, know' 4: reflexes in 17 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*nVkar- |
| Meaning | 'ignore, disapprove' 1, 'deny' 2, 'be different, strange, foreign' 3, 'to recognise, know' 4 |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 1831 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | nkr \[-a-\]; ʾankara 2 (Lane 2849); nakīr 2 (Lane 2850); nakira 1 (LGz. 397) | Lane 2849; Lane 2850; LGz. 397 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | nkɔr; nker 2 (LGz. 397) | LGz. 397 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | nakāru 2 (CAD N/1 165); nukurrû 2 (CAD N/2 328); nakārum 3 (Huehnergard 1997 GAk, 508) | CAD N/1 165; CAD N/2 328; Huehnergard 1997 GAk, 508 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | nakir 3 (LGz. 397) | LGz. 397 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | nkr; nēkār 3 (HALOT 699, 700); נכר hif. 4 (HALOT 699–700) | HALOT 699, 700; HALOT 699–700 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | nkr 3 (HALOT 699; Sabaweb lemma 4647); Sab hnkr 3 (Biella 305); nkr 3 (Sabaweb lemma 5701); Qat. nkr 3 (Ricks 1982 s.v. nkr) | HALOT 699; Sabaweb lemma 4647; Biella 305; Sabaweb lemma 5701; Ricks 1982 s.v. nkr | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | nukraia 3 (LGz. 397) | LGz. 397 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | näkära 1 (LGz. 397) | LGz. 397 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | näkkärä 3 (LGz. 397) | LGz. 397 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | nkr: nakarum, nakrum, nakaratum, nakartum 3 (Gelb AS 21, 27); nikratu (Buck 2019, 330); nakr, nakar 3: na-ka-rum/ru-um, na-ak-ra-ḫu-um, a-bi-na-ka-ar; nikar 3: cf. ni-ik-ru-um; nukr, nukar 3: nu-uk-ra-nu-um (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 90) | Gelb AS 21 27; Buck 2019, 330; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 90 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | nakrī 'alienate, estrange, remove' 3 (Payne Smith 340) | Payne Smith 340 |  |
| Aramaic | Palm. nkry 3 (HALOT 700) | HALOT 700 |  |
| Judaic Aramaic | nūkᵉrāʾā 3 (HALOT 700); af. 4 (HALOT 699) | HALOT 700; HALOT 699 | gloss withheld |
| Emar | ni-ka-ri, ni-ka-rù /nikaru/ (Pentiuc 2001, 133–134) | Pentiuc 2001 133–134 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | /n-k-r/ 3: cf. names ʔa₅-ki-rúm, a-gi-lu, en-kir!(ḫa) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 90) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 90 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | nkr 3 (DULAT 622) | DULAT 622 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | N.Pu. hkr yiphʿil 4 (Krahmalkov 329) | Krahmalkov 329 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

HALOT 699 sets 'recognise' and 'treat as strange' under one nkr, with Akk. nakāru. OLA80 §15.8 relates Egyptian ntr 'god' to Semitic nkr 'stranger' (k &gt; t), or to Agaw nkara 'soul, spirit'.

## Linked from

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

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