# \*wṯb: 'sit'

> Proto-Semitic *wṯb, 'sit': reflexes in 17 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>) › [W](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/w/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*wṯb |
| Meaning | 'sit' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 3071 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akkadian | ašābu (wašābu) (CAD A/2 386); ašbu (CAD A/2 426) | CAD A/2 386; CAD A/2 426 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | ytb (MD 193) | MD 193 |  |
| Ugaritic | yṯb (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.2.2.1 no. 75), ʔaṯib | Kogan 2015 ch. 5 §2.2.2.1 no. 75 |  |
| Biblical Aramaic | ytb (CAL s.v. ytb) | CAL s.v. ytb |  |
| Phoenician | yšb |  |  |
| Modern Aramaic | Urm ytb |  |  |
| Hebrew | yšb (Kogan 2015, ch. 5 §2.2.2.1 no. 75) | Kogan 2015 ch. 5 §2.2.2.1 no. 75 |  |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | wṯb (Sabaweb lemma 2874); yṯbnn; mwṯb (SD 165) | Sabaweb lemma 2874; SD 165 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | ytb (Payne Smith 198) | Payne Smith 198 |  |
| Aramaic | Pal ytb (DJPA 247a apud CAL) | DJPA 247a; CAL |  |
| Punic | yšb 'sit' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root wṯb |  |
| Arabic | waṯaba (HALOT 444) | HALOT 444 | gloss withheld |
| Geez | ʾawsaba (LGz. 619) | LGz. 619 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | ʾawäsäbä (LGz. 619) | LGz. 619 | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | jšb: jašab, jāwšib (Gelb AS 21, 22); w-ṯ-b: ia-aw-ši-bu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 365) | Gelb AS 21 22; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 365 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | šu-ba-tum, šu-ba-du /ṯub(a)tum/ (VE 88; Krebernik 1983, 4); /w-ṯ-b/: name a-šè-bù, a-šè-bu₁₄ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 365) | VE 88; Krebernik 1983, 4; Sanmartín GlOS 2, 365 | gloss withheld |
| Moabite | yšb (DNWSI 473) | DNWSI 473 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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