# \*sVmVk-: 'support'

> Proto-Semitic *sVmVk-, 'support': reflexes in 8 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>) › [S](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/s/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## 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'.

## Linked from

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

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