Reconstruction:Proto-West Semitic/katip-

This Proto-West 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-West Semitic edit

Etymology edit

Also Proto-Semitic if Akkadian [script needed] (katappātu, “a certain part of an animal's breast, the sternum or some ribs”), which however can be drawn to the Sumerianisms [script needed] (katappû, “bridle, halter”) and [script needed] (katappum, “being of a certain kind of material”) and also has a variant ḫaltappātu, belongs here.

Noun edit

*katip- f

shoulder

Descendants edit

Central Semitic:
- Arabic: كَتِف (katif), كِتْف (kitf)
  - Maltese: kitf
- Northwest Semitic:
  - Aramaic:
    Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܟܬܦܬܐ
    
    Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: כִיתְפָּה (kiṯpā)
    
    Jewish Literary Aramaic: כַּתְפָּא (kaṯpāʾ)
    
    Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: כַּתְפָּא (kaṯpā)
    
    Classical Syriac: ܟܱ݁ܬܦܴ݁ܐ (kaṯpā)
    
    Classical Mandaic: ࡊࡀࡃࡐࡀ (kadpa)
    
    Turoyo: ܟܰܬܦܳܐ (katfo)
    
    Mlahsö: ܟܣܦܐ (kespo)
    
    Hértevin: ܟܦܬܐ (kepta)
    
    Western Neo-Aramaic: ḫaffta
  - Canaanite
    - Hebrew: כָּתֵף (katéf, kāṯēp̄)
  - Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎚𐎔 (ktp /⁠katipu⁠/)
⇒ Ethiopian Semitic:
- Ge'ez: መትከፍት (mätkäft), መትከፍ (mätkäf)
- Tigre: መክተፍ (mäktäf)
Modern South Arabian:
- Mehri: katf, kɛtf
- Harsusi: kətf
- Shehri: kɛtf

References edit

Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000) “*kat(i)p-”, in Semitic Etymological Dictionary, volumes I: Anatomy of Man and Animals, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag, →ISBN, pages 138–139 No. 154