Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔanta
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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[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Afroasiatic. Compare with Egyptian ntk and Proto-Cushitic *ʔant- whence Blin ʔənti, Afar atú and Somali adhiga.
Pronoun[edit]
*ʔanta m
- you (masculine second-person singular personal pronoun)
See also[edit]
Proto-Semitic independent personal pronouns
| 1st person | 2nd person m | 2nd person f | 3rd person m | 3rd person f | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Singular | *ʔanāku | *ʔanta | *ʔanti | *šuʔa | *šiʔa |
| Dual | *niḥnu | *antumā / *antumay | *šumā / *šumay | |||
| Plural | *ʔantum(ū) | *ʔantin(ā) | *šum(ū) | *šin(ā) | ||
| Oblique | Singular | — (enclitics used instead) |
*šuʔātī | *šiʔātī | ||
| Dual | *šumātī / *šumāytī | |||||
| Plural | *šumūtī | *šinātī | ||||
Descendants[edit]
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒀜𒋫 (atta)
- West Semitic:
References[edit]
- Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN