*tlw: 'to follow'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*tlw
Meaning	'to follow'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	talā 'he followed' (Lane 313)	Lane 313
Pre-Islamic North Arabian	Safaitic tly (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 133)	Al-Jallad–Jaworska 133	gloss withheld
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab tlw (Biella 533); ytlwn, tlwn (SD 148)	Biella 533; SD 148	gloss withheld
Geez	talawa (LGz. 575)	LGz. 575	gloss withheld

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Notes

PWS *tlw 'to follow' (Kogan 2015: 221 n. 663 apud SEDonline 1367). SEDonline 1367 adds Tigre talā 'to follow' (WTS 304), which 998 *tVlVy- 'hang' holds (HALOT 1738). Arabic tlw 'to recite' sits under 592 *tul-.

Updated 25 October 2026

*tlw: 'to follow'

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