# \*šumšum-: 'ant'

> Proto-Semitic *šumšum-, 'ant': reflexes in 6 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>) › [š](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/shin/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*šumšum- |
| Meaning | 'ant' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2529 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | sumsum- 'red ant' \[BK 1 1138\], \[Fr. II 353\], \[Lane 1420\], \[LA XII 305\] (in the last two sources also simsimat- and sam(m)āmat-). | BK 1 1138; Fr. II 353; Lane 1420; LA XII 305 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | šušmana \[DM 458\]. | DM 458 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | šumšǝmānā 'ant' \[Ja. 1537\] (in \[Levy WT II 466\] and \[Levy WTM IV 527\] also šūšǝmānā, šūmǝšānā). | Ja. 1537; Levy WT II 466; Levy WTM IV 527 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | šawšǝmānā 'ant; antlion' \[Brock. 767\], \[PS 4343\]. | Brock. 767; PS 4343 |  |
| Modern Aramaic | Tur. šišwōno (SED II 267) | SED II 267 |  |
| Eblaitic | /SaSSamān/: name sa-sa-ma-nu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 255) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 255 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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