# \*šurr-: 'navel, navel string'

> Proto-Semitic *šurr-, 'navel, navel string': reflexes in 10 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 | \*šurr- |
| Meaning | 'navel, navel string' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2644 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | surr-, sarar-, sirar- 'umbilical cord' \[BK 1 1075\] | BK 1 1075 |  |
| Mehri | \*šīrɛ \[JM 395\] | JM 395 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | šíraḥ, pl. šireʕheten \[LS 421\]; also ŝiraḥ \[LS 433\]. | LS 421; LS 433 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | šerā \[JH 124\] | JH 124 |  |
| Mandaic Aramaic | šura \[DM 456\] | DM 456 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | šr \[Del Olmo 632\] |  | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | MMND šorra \[M MND 512\] | M MND 512 | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | šōr (HALOT 1650); PB šārār \[Ja 1634\] | HALOT 1650; Ja 1634 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | šōrā \[Ja 1542\]; šwr \[DJPA 542b apud CAL\] | Ja 1542; DJPA 542b; CAL | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | šerrā, šurtā 'umbilicus' \[Brock 802\] | Brock 802 |  |

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## Linked from

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

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