# \*plk: 'to divide, separate, demarcate'

> Proto-Semitic *plk, 'to divide, separate, demarcate': reflexes in 2 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*plk |
| Meaning | 'to divide, separate, demarcate' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | palāku (CAD P 49, AHw 813 apud SEDonline 1802) | CAD P 49, AHw 813; SEDonline 1802 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ˀaflāk (CDG 159 apud SEDonline 1802) | CDG 159; SEDonline 1802 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

PS \*plk 'to split, to separate' (EDA I 255, ◊P0436; SEDonline 1802). Hbr. päläk 'district' must be borrowed from Akk. pilku (HALOT 933; EDA I 255, ◊P0436). SEDonline 1802 and EDA I 255 (◊P0436) also set here Tgr. fälkät 'way between rocks, wall of rock' (WTS 653). Cf. K0249 \*pVlVq- 'cleave'.

## Linked from

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

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