# \*nVwVp-: 'peak'

> Proto-Semitic *nVwVp-, 'peak': reflexes in 5 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>) › [N](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/n/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*nVwVp- |
| Meaning | 'peak' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ugaritic | nwp (Tropper UG §74.232.1) | Tropper UG §74.232.1 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | nôp (Ps 48:3) (HALOT 682) | HALOT 682 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | nôpā (HALOT 682) | HALOT 682 | gloss withheld |
| Arabic | nwf; nauf (HALOT 682); munīf (Lane 3039) | HALOT 682; Lane 3039 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | nwp?: nūpum, fem. nūpatum (Gelb AS 21, 28) | Gelb AS 21 28 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

Aramaic nwp 'inclination' (Anderson–Moser 2024) is I nwp 'to move to and fro', which HALOT 682 keeps apart from III \*nwp 'be high'.

## Linked from

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

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