# \*ṭVʕam-: 'eat, taste'

> Proto-Semitic *ṭVʕam-, 'eat, taste': reflexes in 19 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>) › [ṭ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/tet/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*ṭVʕam- |
| Meaning | 'eat, taste' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 828 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | ṭʕm \[-a-\] (Lane 1853) | Lane 1853 |  |
| Mehri | ṭam |  |  |
| Soqotri | ṭaʕam; ṭáˁam (SLOnline 27118) | SLOnline 27118 | gloss withheld |
| Harsusi | ṭam |  |  |
| Geez | ṭʕm |  |  |
| Jibbali | ṭaʕam |  |  |
| Hebrew | ṭʕm |  |  |
| Aramaic | Pal ṭʕm |  |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab ṭʿm (SD 152; Biella 220) | SD 152; Biella 220 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | ṭeʿema; ṭaʿam (HALOT 377) | HALOT 377 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | ṭēmu (HALOT 377; AHw 1385) (LGz. 583) | HALOT 377; AHw 1385; LGz. 583 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ṭəʿam (LGz. 583) | LGz. 583 |  |
| Tigrinya | ṭäʿamä (LGz. 583) | LGz. 583 |  |
| Amharic | ṭamä (LGz. 583) | LGz. 583 |  |
| Harari | ṭāma, ṭēma (LGz. 583) | LGz. 583 |  |
| Gurage | ṭāmä (LGz. 583) | LGz. 583 |  |
| Gafat | č̣amä (LGz. 583) | LGz. 583 |  |
| Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic ṭʿm (Al-Jallad–Jaworska 137) | Al-Jallad–Jaworska 137 | gloss withheld |
| Biblical Aramaic | ṭʕm pa. (HALOT BArm. s.v. טעם) | HALOT BArm. s.v. טעם | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

LGz. 583 sets Akkadian ṭēmu beside Hebrew ṭaʿam 'sense, discernment, decree'.

## Linked from

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

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