# \*pay-: 'mouth'

> Proto-Semitic *pay-, 'mouth': reflexes in 24 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>) › [P](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/p/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*pay- |
| Meaning | 'mouth' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 75 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | fum-un (gen. fim-in, acc. fam-an); also fam-, famm-, fim- \[BK 2 635\]; fūh 'mouth' (Lane 2464) | BK 2 635; Lane 2464 |  |
| Akkadian | pû (OA pāʔum, pīum) OAkk on \[AHw 872-874\] | AHw 872-874 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ʔaf, pl. ʔafäyǝt \[LH 388\]. | LH 388 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | puma \[DM 368\] | DM 368 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | p \[Aist 251\] | Aist 251 |  |
| East Ethiopic | SEL WOL ZWY af \[LGur 19\] | LGur 19 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | MUH MSQ GOG SOD af, CHA EŽA ãf, ENN END GYE ãfʷ \[LGur 19\] | LGur 19 |  |
| Biblical Aramaic | pūm (BDB 1108) | BDB 1108 |  |
| Phoenician | p-y (with 1 and 3 pron. suff.) \[T 261\] | T 261 | gloss withheld |
| Punic | py (HALOT 914); lpy (Krahmalkov 260) | HALOT 914; Krahmalkov 260 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | MAL ṯemma \[Berg 102\] TUR fēmo \[R Ṭūrōyō 114\] MLH pemo \[J Mlah 185\] HRT pemma \[J Hert 195\] NASS pümä \[Tser 0164\] ZKH pümma \[R Zakho 109\] MMND pom, emph. pomma \[M MND 511\] IRAN púmmā \[Pen 112\] | Berg 102; J Mlah 185; J Hert 195; Tser 0164; M MND 511; Pen 112 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | pǟ (HALOT 914); st. constr. pī | HALOT 914 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | ʔaf \[K 1346\] | K 1346 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | SAB f \[SD 43\]. | SD 43 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | pūmā \[Ja 1142\]; \[DJPA 437a apud CAL\] päm, det. pymh | Ja 1142; DJPA 437a; CAL |  |
| Harari | af \[LHar 19\] | LHar 19 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | pūmā 'mouth, beak (of a bird), edge (of the sword)' \[Brock 577\] | Brock 577 |  |
| Aramaic | SML OLD OFF pm (WARKA pu-um-mi-e), NAB pwm \[HJ 916-917\]; Dem. pm \[HJ 1263\] | HJ 916-917; HJ 1263 |  |
| Geez | ʔaf, pl. ʔafaw \[LGz. 8\] | LGz. 8 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | ʔaf \[Bass. 580\] | Bass. 580 |  |
| Argobba | af \[LArg. 189\] | LArg. 189 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | pum (Gelb AS 21, 28); pâ/pî / (Buck 2019, 331); pu(w), pū, pi(y), pī: bu, pu, da-dum-pi₅-DINGIR (Ur III) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 144) | Gelb AS 21 28; Buck 2019, 331; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 144 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | cf. pù-wu /pu(w), pū, pi(y), pī/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 143) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 143 | gloss withheld |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic f (Al-Jallad 2026, 47) | Al-Jallad 2026 47 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

See 1154 (\*pam-).

## Linked from

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

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.