*wVmaʾ-: 'swear, make a sign'

Root

FieldValue
Reconstruction*wVmaʾ-
Meaning'swear, make a sign'
BasisSED
SEDSEDonline semet 1517

Reflexes

LanguageFormSourcesNote
Arabicwmʔ [-a-] (Lane 2968)Lane 2968
Akkadianwamāʔu (CAD U/W 401); māmītu (CAD M/1 189)CAD U/W 401; CAD M/1 189gloss withheld
Aramaicʔimō
Syrian Aramaicʾīmā 'swear, take an oath' (Payne Smith 193); mawmātā 'oath, curse; treaty ratified by oath'; mawmītā 'an adjuration, solemn oath or charge' (Payne Smith 258)Payne Smith 193; Payne Smith 258
Epigraphic South ArabianSab wmʾ; l-wmʾ (Biella 132); probably a misreading or miswriting of wzʾ (Sabaweb lemma 13395)Biella 132; Sabaweb lemma 13395gloss withheld
Amoritewmʾ: jawmaʾ, jūmaʾ (Gelb AS 21, 35); w-m-ʾ: ù-ma-il (Ur III); cf. ú-ma-ᵈDINGIR, ya-ma-a-ḫu-um (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 351)Gelb AS 21 35; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 351gloss withheld
Eblaitic/w-m-ʾ/: name u₉-ma-li-im (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 351; w-m-ʾ? Krebernik 1988, 50)Sanmartín GlOS 2, 351; Krebernik 1988gloss withheld

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Notes

Akkadian māmītu and Syriac mawmātā 'oath' are nouns of this verb (Payne Smith 258 files mawmātā under ymʾ). Cf. 1414 *tVmVʾ- 'swear'.

Updated 22 October 2026

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