# \*yṯw: 'to be, exist; to have' > Proto-Semitic *yṯw, 'to be, exist; to have': reflexes in 9 language(s). A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki]() › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots]() › [Y](). Updated 2026-10-25. ## Root | Field | Value | |---|---| | Reconstruction | \*yṯw | | Meaning | 'to be, exist; to have' | | Basis | SED | | SED | SEDonline 2032 | ## Reflexes | Language | Form | Sources | Note | |---|---|---|---| | Akkadian | išû (CAD I 289, AHw. 420 apud SEDonline 2032) | CAD I 289, AHw. 420; SEDonline 2032 | gloss withheld | | Eblaitic | i-ša-wu /yiṯāwu/ (= Sum. a-ĝál, an-ĝál) (VE 624, VE 789, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 689 apud SEDonline 2032; Civil 2017, 119) | VE 624, VE 789, Kogan–Krebernik 2021b: 689; SEDonline 2032; Civil 2017, 119 | gloss withheld | | Ugaritic | ˀiṯ (DULAT 120–121; SEDonline 2032; HALOT 443) | DULAT 120–121; SEDonline 2032; HALOT 443 | gloss withheld | | Hebrew | yēš (HALOT 443) | HALOT 443 | gloss withheld | | Phoenician | yš (HALOT 443) | HALOT 443 | gloss withheld | | Aramaic | ʾīt, ʾītay (HALOT 443) | HALOT 443 | gloss withheld | | Syrian Aramaic | ʾīt 'is, are, there is' (Payne Smith 14) | Payne Smith 14 | | | Punic | Neo-Punic ʾš, in wʾš (Krahmalkov 80) | Krahmalkov 80 | gloss withheld | | Biblical Aramaic | ʾītay (HALOT 443) | HALOT 443 | gloss withheld | A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed. ## Notes PS \*yṯw 'to be' (SEDonline 2032). Ugr. ʔiṯ is lexicalised as a verbal functor (DULAT 120–121). The negatives join lā to it: Akkadian laššu 'there is not' (CAD L 108), Amorite lāšū (Gelb AS 21, 24), Syriac layt (Payne Smith 241), Arabic laisa (HALOT 443). ## Linked from - [Y]() --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/y/3309_to_be_exist_to_have/ 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.