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

hundred

Declension

Declension of *miʔat-

Case

Singular

Dual

Plural

Nominative

*miʔatum

*miʔatāna

*miʔātum

Genitive

*miʔatim

*miʔatayna

*miʔātim

Accusative

*miʔatam

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)

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: *miʔatuya for nom. case, *miʔatiya for gen. case, *miʔataya for acc. case, etc.

Declension of 2sg m. possessive form (your/thy m.) *miʔat-

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*miʔatuka	*miʔatāka	*miʔātuka
Genitive	*miʔatika	*miʔatayka	*miʔātika
Accusative	*miʔataka	*miʔatayka	*miʔātika

Declension of 2sg f. possessive form (your/thy f.) *miʔat-

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*miʔatuki	*miʔatāki	*miʔātuki
Genitive	*miʔatiki	*miʔatayki	*miʔātiki
Accusative	*miʔataki	*miʔatayki	*miʔātiki

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