*sVmVk-: 'support'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*sVmVk-
Meaning	'support'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab śmk (Biella 506)	Biella 506	gloss withheld
Geez	samaka 'lean'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root šmk
Punic	smk 'support'	Anderson–Moser 2024 root šmk
Phoenician	smk (B 366)	B 366	gloss withheld
Hebrew	sāmaḵ (LGz. 502)	LGz. 502
Syrian Aramaic	səmaḵ (LGz. 502; Payne Smith 380)	LGz. 502; Payne Smith 380
Amorite	śmk: śum(u)k, śamakum, śamukum, śamkum (Gelb AS 21, 32); S-m-k: cf. su-mu-uk-li-im; Sumk: zum-ga-nu-um; Sam(a)k: cf. a-bi-sa-ma-ku, sa-ma-gu-um, sa-am-ka-ia (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 199)	Gelb AS 21 32; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 199	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	sᵉmākā (HALOT 759)	HALOT 759

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Notes

Amorite ŚMK is written with SA, SU signs, not ZA, ZI (Gelb AS 21, 32), against NWS samekh. SAr. s₃mk is 'go up, ascend' in SabDic. 138 (LGz. 502). Biella 506 compares Geez smk (causative) 'prop up, support'.

Updated 22 October 2026

*sVmVk-: 'support'

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