# \*wVmaʾ-: 'swear, make a sign' > Proto-Semitic *wVmaʾ-, 'swear, make a sign': reflexes in 7 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [W](). Updated 2026-10-22. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*wVmaʾ- | | Meaning | 'swear, make a sign' | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline semet 1517 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Arabic | wmʔ \[-a-\] (Lane 2968) | Lane 2968 | | | Akkadian | wamāʔu (CAD U/W 401); māmītu (CAD M/1 189) | CAD U/W 401; CAD M/1 189 | gloss withheld | | Aramaic | ʔimō | | | | Syrian Aramaic | ʾīmā '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 Arabian | Sab wmʾ; l-wmʾ (Biella 132); probably a misreading or miswriting of wzʾ (Sabaweb lemma 13395) | Biella 132; Sabaweb lemma 13395 | gloss withheld | | Amorite | wmʾ: 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, 351 | gloss 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 1988 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes Akkadian māmītu and Syriac mawmātā 'oath' are nouns of this verb (Payne Smith 258 files mawmātā under ymʾ). Cf. 1414 \*tVmVʾ- 'swear'. ## Linked from - [W]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/w/1433_swear_make_a_sign/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.