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

Etymology

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

*katip- f

1. shoulder

Descendants

• 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

• 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