# \*tlw: 'to follow'

> Proto-Semitic *tlw, 'to follow': reflexes in 4 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>) › [T](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/t/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-25.

## 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 |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## 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-.

## Linked from

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

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