# \*p/ban/md-at-: 'back, podex; chest' 1, 'height, high place' 2

> Proto-Semitic *p/ban/md-at-, 'back, podex; chest' 1, 'height, high place' 2: reflexes in 10 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 2026-10-26.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*p/ban/md-at- |
| Meaning | 'back, podex; chest' 1, 'height, high place' 2 |
| Basis | reconstruction SED; meaning SED, corrected |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2178 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | bannūdat- 'back, behind' \[BK 1 167\] | BK 1 167 |  |
| Akkadian | bamtu (bandu, pandu) OB on \[CAD b 78\]; bāmtu, bāntu, pānt/du \[AHw 101\] | CAD b 78; AHw 101 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | fändot, pl. fänadi, fänäddi \[LH 668\] | LH 668 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | bmt \[DULAT 221\] | DULAT 221 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | SEL fōdo \[LGur 228\]. | LGur 228 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | fandot, pl. fanādut \[LGz 162\] | LGz 162 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | bāmā 1, 2 (HALOT 136) | HALOT 136 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | pantā 'back of the hand', also 'upper part of a shoe made of leather, a patch added to a shoe' \[Brock 578\] | Brock 578 |  |
| Moabite | hbmt 2 (Mesha 3; HALOT 136) | HALOT 136 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | bù-ma-tum /būmat/ 1 (= Sum. SA.SAL) (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 113 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Har. fuddi 'podex, anus' is a Cushitic loan (Som. futto, Ga. huddu; LHar 61, after Cerulli 246).

## Linked from

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

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