Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/pay-

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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

Possibly from Proto-Afroasiatic. Compare Proto-Cushitic *ʔaf-/*yaf- (mouth).

Noun

*pay- m

  1. mouth

Inflection

Declension of *pay-
case singular dual plural
nominative *payum *payāna plural stem + *-ūna
accusative *payam *payayna plural stem + *-īna
genitive *payim
possessive forms
1st person *payī / *payVya *payVni
2nd person m *payVka *payVkumā / *payVkumay *payVkum(ū)
2nd person f *payVki *payVkin(ā)
3rd person m *payVšu *payVšumā / *payVšumay *payVšum(ū)
3rd person f *payVša *payVšin(ā)

the endings -m and -na are dropped in the bound form, which may also undergo syncopation of an unstressed final vowel where possible. Note: the ending -V before the possessive endings responds to case: *payuya for nom. case, *payiya for gen. case, *payaya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒅗 (pûm)
  • West Semitic:

References

  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 171–178
  • 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, pages 221–222