# \*ṣwʕ: 'bowl, basin'

> Proto-Semitic *ṣwʕ, 'bowl, basin': reflexes in 6 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>) › [ṣ](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/tsade/index.md>). Updated 2026-11-03.

## 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 |  |

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

## 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).

## Linked from

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

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