*ṣwʕ: 'bowl, basin'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ṣwʕ
Meaning	'bowl, basin'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Ugaritic	ṣʿ /ṣāʿu/, pl. /ṣāʿātu/ (UVST 170)	UVST 170	gloss withheld
Geez	ṣəwwāʕ (LGz. 566)	LGz. 566	gloss withheld
Syrian Aramaic	ṣāʕā (LGz. 566)	LGz. 566	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	ṣəwaʕ (LGz. 566)	LGz. 566	gloss withheld
Tigre	ṣəwa (LGz. 566)	LGz. 566
Amharic	ṭəwwa (LGz. 566)	LGz. 566

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Notes

The singular is written syllabically only in field names (ṣa-i, ṣa-a-i 'basin field'); the plural ṣa-ʾa-tu 'bowls' stands in an economic text (PRU 6 163 r. 4'). Huehnergard compares Arabic ṣāʿ, a vessel and a measure, also 'a narrow, depressed piece of ground; a piece of arable land' (Lane 1746 apud UVST 170).

Updated 3 November 2026

*ṣwʕ: 'bowl, basin'

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