Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/mawut-
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This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Semitic
Etymology
From Proto-Afroasiatic *mawVt- (“to die, to kill”). Cognate with Egyptian mwt, Central Atlas Tamazight ⵎⵎⵜ (mmt), Kabyle ämmät (“to die”), and Hausa mutù.
Verb
*mawut-
- to die
Conjugation
Conjugation of *mawut- (paʕala)
| verbal noun | *mawt- | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| active participle | *māwit- | ||||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||||
| perfect | m | *mawutku | *mawutka | *mawata | *mawutkayā | *mawutkā | *mawatā | *mawutna | *mawutkanu | *mawatū | |||
| f | *mawutki | *mawatat | *mawatatā | *mawutkina | *mawutā | ||||||||
| imperfect | m | *ʔamūt | *tamūt | *yimūt | *tamūtā | *yamūtā | *nimūt | *tamūtū | *yimūtū | ||||
| f | *tamūtī | *tamūt | *tamūtā | *tamūtā | *yimūtā | ||||||||
| imperative | m | *mūt | *mūtā | *mūtū | |||||||||
| f | *mūtī | *mūtā | |||||||||||
Related terms
- *mawt- (“death”)
Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒁁 (mâtum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Ethiopian Semitic:
- Modern South Arabian:
- Mehri: mōt
References
- Kogan, Leonid (2011) “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 232