# \*wkb: 'to enter'

> Proto-Semitic *wkb, 'to enter': reflexes in 3 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 2026-10-25.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*wkb |
| Meaning | 'to enter' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mehri | wəkūb (ML 425 apud SEDonline 2014) | ML 425; SEDonline 2014 | gloss withheld |
| Modern South Arabian | Bathari wəkōb (Gasparini - Morris 2025 430 apud SEDonline 2014) | SEDonline 2014 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | ékob (LS 59; CSOL I 468; CSOL II 383; Naumkin et al. 2015a:56 apud SEDonline 2014) | LS 59; SEDonline 2014 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

PWS \*wkb 'to come in, to enter' (CDG 273 apud SEDonline 2014). SEDonline 2014 also sets here Sab. wkb 'to receive, to gain; to find, to encounter' (SD 159). Cf. SA113 \*wkb 'plantation'.

## Linked from

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

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