Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/miʔat-

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

Proto-Semitic numbers ^(edit)

		1,000
←  1	←  10	100	200  →	1,000  →
Cardinal: *miʔat-

Etymology

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⵉⵎⵉⴹⵉ (timiḍi).

Numeral

*miʔat- f

1. hundred

Declension

Declension of *miʔat-

case	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*miʔatum	*miʔatāna	*miʔātum
accusative	*miʔatam	*miʔatayna	*miʔātim
genitive	*miʔatim
possessive forms
1st person	*miʔatī / *miʔatVya	—	*miʔatVni
2nd person m	*miʔatVka	*miʔatVkumā / *miʔatVkumay	*miʔatVkum(ū)
2nd person f	*miʔatVki		*miʔatVkin(ā)
3rd person m	*miʔatVšu	*miʔatVšumā / *miʔatVšumay	*miʔatVšum(ū)
3rd person f	*miʔatVša		*miʔatVšin(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: *miʔatuya for nom. case, *miʔatiya for gen. case, *miʔataya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

• East Semitic:
  • Akkadian: 𒈨𒀜 (meʔatum), 𒈠𒀜 (mât), 𒈨𒂊 (mē), 𒈨𒌈 (mētum)
• West Semitic:
  • Central Semitic:
    • Arabic: مِئَة (miʔa), مِا۟ئَة (miʔa)
      • Gulf Arabic: امية (imya)
      • Egyptian Arabic: مية (miyya)
      • Hijazi Arabic: مية (miyya)
      • South Levantine Arabic: مية (miyya, miyye)
      • Maltese: mija
      • Moroccan Arabic: مية (myā)
        • → Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵎⵢⴰ (mya)
      • → Swahili: mia
    • Northwest Semitic:
      • Aramaic: מְאָה/מְאָא (məʾā, mā), מָאתָא (māṯā)
        • Classical Syriac: ܡܐܶܐ (məʾā, mā), ܡܳܐܬܳܐ (māṯā)
      • Canaanite:
        • Hebrew: מֵאָה (me'á, mēʾâ)
          • → Yiddish: מאה (meye)
            • → Dutch: meier
  • Ethiopian Semitic:
    • Amharic: መቶ (mäto)
    • Tigrinya: ሚእቲ (miʾti)

References

• Militarev, Alexander, Kogan, Leonid (2000–2005) Semitic Etymological Dictionary, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag
• Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN