# \*wVkVl-: 'trust; entrust, appoint as overseer'

> Proto-Semitic *wVkVl-, 'trust; entrust, appoint as overseer': reflexes in 11 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 2026-11-04.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*wVkVl- |
| Meaning | 'trust; entrust, appoint as overseer' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Geez | wkl 'confide' | Anderson–Moser 2024 root wkl |  |
| Arabic | wakala (LGz. 612) | LGz. 612 | gloss withheld |
| Soqotri | ʾokil (LGz. 612) | LGz. 612 | gloss withheld |
| Mehri | wa-t-kul (LGz. 612) | LGz. 612 | gloss withheld |
| Aramaic | təḵal (LGz. 612) | LGz. 612 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | təḵel (LGz. 612; Payne Smith 611) | LGz. 612; Payne Smith 611 |  |
| Akkadian | takālu (AHw 1304); tukkulu (CAD T 63; LGz. 612) | AHw 1304; CAD T 63; LGz. 612 | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | wäkkäla (LGz. 612) | LGz. 612 | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | Sab wkl (SD 160 apud SEDonline 168; Sabaweb lemma 5398) | SD 160; SEDonline 168; Sabaweb lemma 5398 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | ù-wa-gi-a-SÙ-ma /ʾuwakkilam=Sumay(n)/ (D) (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 348); wa-gi-lu-na, wa-ki-lu-na /wakilū=nay(n)/, names la-wa-gi-lu, ma-wa-gi-lu (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 348) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 348 | gloss withheld |
| Canaanite | t-k-l: name ⁽ᵈ⁾da-ga-an-ta-ka-la (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 294) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 294 | gloss withheld |

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

## Notes

Kaufman 1974, 106 n. 377 takes tkl 'to trust' as the t-form of \*wkl. Krahmalkov 491 reads Neo-Punic tklm 'support them' beside Akkadian takālu.

## Linked from

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

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