# \*ŝaw-: 'head of small cattle' > Proto-Semitic *ŝaw-, 'head of small cattle': reflexes in 8 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [ś](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*ŝaw- | | Meaning | 'head of small cattle' | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 2515 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | šāʔ- 'ewe' \[BK 1 1178\], šāt- 'ewe, sheep, ovine species; buffalo (male)', šiyat- (pl.) 'ewes, sheep', šawan (coll.) 'ewes, sheep, ovine species' \[ibid. 1292\], šiyāt- 'ewes, sheep' \[ibid. 1301\] (cf. also \[Fr. II 468\], \[Lane 1623-4\], \[LA XIII 509\] for these and other variant forms) | BK 1 1178; BK 1292; BK 1301; Fr. II 468; Lane 1623-4; LA XIII 509 | | | Akkadian | šuʔu (šû) OB on \[CAD š3 417\], \[AHw. 1255\], šuātu OB \[CAD š3 168\], \[AHw. 1256\] | CAD š3 417; AHw. 1255; CAD š3 168; AHw. 1256 | gloss withheld | | Ugaritic | š \[DULAT 783\] | DULAT 783 | gloss withheld | | Phoenician | š, šʾ \[T 309\], \[Krah. 452\] | T 309; Krah. 452 | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | ŝǟ (HALOT 1310), pB. \[Ja. 1526\] | HALOT 1310; Ja. 1526 | gloss withheld | | Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab. s2h \[SD 132\], a misreading (Sabaweb lemma 3148) | SD 132; Sabaweb lemma 3148 | gloss withheld | | Punic | š 'lamb' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root śy | | | Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic śwt (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 127); ʾśh (pl.) (Al-Jallad 2026, 144) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 127; Al-Jallad 2026 144 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Linked from - [ś]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/sin/2274_head_of_small_cattle/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.