# \*ḳḥ: 'light red, rose'

> Proto-Semitic *ḳḥ, 'light red, rose': reflexes in 12 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ḳḥ |
| Meaning | 'light red, rose' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3189 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ḳuḥḥ- 'pure, straightforward, unmixed (speaking of drinks); unripe/immature (speaking of a quality, a virtue, a vice, etc.)' (BK II 677), ḳayḥ- 'pus (that is not mixed with blood)' (ibid. 844) | BK II 677; BK 844 |  |
| Akkadian | (?) ḳû (gû) (CAD Q 291) | CAD Q 291 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ḳäyǝḥ (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.5 no. 66) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.5 no. 66 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ḳayyiḥ |  | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | ḳäyy (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.5 no. 66) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.5 no. 66 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Ḥḍr. ḳyḥ (applied to RES V 46, Sima 2000 320). | Sima 2000 320 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | ḳǝḥāḥā 'faint-colored, gray(?)' (Ja. 1345) | Ja. 1345 |  |
| Harari | ḳēḥ (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.5 no. 66) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.5 no. 66 | gloss withheld |
| Gafat | ḳäyä (Kogan 2015, ch. 7 §2.5 no. 66) | Kogan 2015 ch. 7 §2.5 no. 66 | gloss withheld |
| Argobba | ḳäyyǝh |  | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | ḳäyyiḥ |  | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | qäy (LGz. 456) | LGz. 456 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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