< Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic
Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔalp-
Proto-Semitic
Usage notes
The term probably wasn’t strictly a certain number but meant an amount of about this number. In Ethiopian it tends to mean a myriad.
Descendants
- Arabic: أَلْف (ʾalf)
- Ethiopian:
- Amharic: እልፍ (ʾəlf)
- Ge'ez: እልፍ (ʾəlf)
- Harari: አልፊ (ʾalfi)
- Tigre: እልፍ (ʾəlf)
- Tigrinya: እልፊ (ʾəlfi)
- Northwest Semitic:
- Modern South Arabian:
- Mehri: ʾalf, ʾāf
- Shehri: ʾelf, ʾɔf
- Soqotri: ʾalf
- Old South Arabian: 𐩱𐩡𐩰 (ʾalf)
Related terms
- *ʾalipa (“to be familiar with”, verb)
- *ʾallipa (“to tame, to domesticate; to familiarize, to instruct; to unite, to join”, verb)
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