# \*wḳr: 'to hew, carve, quarry (stone)' > Proto-Semitic *wḳr, 'to hew, carve, quarry (stone)': reflexes in 9 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [W](). Updated 2026-10-26. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*wḳr | | Meaning | 'to hew, carve, quarry (stone)' | | Basis | project | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Geez | waqara, waqqara; waqro (LGz. 615) | LGz. 615 | gloss withheld | | Tigrinya | wäqärä (LGz. 616) | LGz. 616 | gloss withheld | | Tigre | wäqqära (LGz. 616); waqqara (HALOT 1090) | LGz. 616; HALOT 1090 | gloss withheld | | Argobba | wäqqära (LGz. 616) | LGz. 616 | | | Amharic | wäqqärä (LGz. 616) | LGz. 616 | | | Harari | wäqära (LGz. 616) | LGz. 616 | | | Arabic | waqara (BK 2 1582) (Biella 146) (LGz. 616) (HALOT 1090) | BK 2 1582; Biella 146; LGz. 616; HALOT 1090 | gloss withheld | | Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab wqr (Biella 146); wqr (SD 161) | Biella 146; SD 161 | gloss withheld | | Pre-Islamic North Arabian | Safaitic wqr; Ḥimaitic wqr (Al-Jallad 2026, 167) | Al-Jallad 2026 167 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes LGz. 616 relates wqr to nqr 'peck, pierce' (Nöldeke 1910, 184–185) and cites Dillmann's comparison with Arabic qāra and Hebrew qwr 'dig' (K0318); HALOT 1090 sets Sabaic, Geez, Tigre and Arabic wqr under qwr with cf. LGz. 616 also quotes Barr for Hebrew yāqar 'hew' (1 K 5:31), the yqr of K0433. Arabic waqr 'hollow, cavity in a rock' (BK 2 1582–1583). ## Linked from - [W]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/w/3646_to_hew_carve_quarry_stone/ 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.