# \*pḳy: 'to cover, to wear clothes'

> Proto-Semitic *pḳy, 'to cover, to wear clothes': reflexes in 4 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 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*pḳy |
| Meaning | 'to cover, to wear clothes' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline 1488 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehri | fḳō (ML 92 apud SEDonline 1488) | ML 92; SEDonline 1488 | gloss withheld |
| Jibbali | féḳé (JL 56 apud SEDonline 1488) | JL 56; SEDonline 1488 | gloss withheld |
| Modern South Arabian | Bathari fḳō (Gasparini - Morris 2025 458 apud SEDonline 1488) | SEDonline 1488 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | fíḳha (LS 340; CSOL I 534; CSOL II 455 apud SEDonline 1488) | LS 340; SEDonline 1488 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

Proto-MSA \*pḳy 'to cover, to wear clothes' (SEDonline 1488). It may have replaced PS \*lbš 'to wear' in MSA (Kogan 2015:567 apud SEDonline 1488).

## Linked from

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

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