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Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/tall-
Proto-Semitic
Etymology
From Proto-Afroasiatic *tVl- (“hill”). Possibly cognate with Proto-Berber *a-drar (see Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ (adrar) for more), Oromo tulluu and Hausa tsaunī̀.
Noun
*tall- m
- hill
Inflection
Declension of *tall-
Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominative | *tallum | *tallāna | plural stem + *-ūna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genitive | *tallim | *tallayna | plural stem + *-īna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accusative | *tallam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
possessive forms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1st person | *tallī / *tallVya | — | *tallVni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person m | *tallVka | *tallVkumā / *tallVkumay | *tallVkum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2nd person f | *tallVki | *tallVkin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person m | *tallVšu | *tallVšumā / *tallVšumay | *tallVšum(ū) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
3rd person f | *tallVša | *tallVšin(ā) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Note: 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: *talluya for nom. case, *talliya for gen. case, *tallaya for acc. case, etc. Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *tall-
Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *tall-
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Descendants
- East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒇯 (tīlum, tillum)
- West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
- Arabic: تَلّ (tall)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Aramaic:
- Old Aramaic: 𐤕𐤋
- Imperial Aramaic: 𐡕𐡋 (tl)
- Jewish Palestinian Aramaic, Jewish Literary Aramaic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic תִּלָּא, תִּילָּא (tillā)
- Christian Palestinian Aramaic: ܬܷ݁ܠܴ݁ܐ
- Classical Syriac: ܬܠܐ (tellā)
- Canaanite:
- Hebrew: תֵּל (tel, tēl)
- Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎍 (tl /tallu/)
- Aramaic:
- Central Semitic:
References
- “tl”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Kaufman, Stephen A. (1974) The Akkadian Influences on Aramaic (The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Assyriological Studies; 19), Chicago and London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 108