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PS
*bayt- - house
(Kogan 2015: 16)
see also the verbal root
*byt
Lower-level reconstructions
PArm
*bay-
- house
(Kogan 2015: 403)
> PS
*bayt-
with the loss of -t in st. abs.
Words
Akkadian
bītu (bētu)
- house, place of dwelling
(CAD B 282; AHw 132)
Ebla
ba-du
- house
(VE 336; Krebernik 1983: 14)
É-RA = ba-du LAM×KUR.KI
Ugaritic
bt
- house, building; residence, home
(DUL 245)
Hebrew
bayit
- house, dwelling place
(HALOT 125)
Moabite
bt
- house
(DNWSI 156)
Samalian
byt
- house
(DNWSI 157)
Deir Alla
byt
- house
(DNWSI 157)
Official Aramaic
byt
- house
(DNWSI 157)
Biblical Aramaic
bayit
- house; temple, palace
(HALOT 1834)
Palmyrean
byt
- house
(DNWSI 158)
Nabataean
byt
- house
(DNWSI 158)
Hatran
byt
- house
(DNWSI 158)
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
bētā
- house
(DJBA 208)
Mandaic
baita
- house
(MD 47)
Arabic
bayt-
- house, tent
(Lane 280)
Sabaic
byt, bt
- house; village, estate; temple; clan, family
(SD 34)
Minaean
byt
- house
(LM 25)
Qatabanian
byt
- house, estate; temple
(LIQ 25)
Geez
bet
- house
(CDG 116)
Tigre
bet
- house
(WTS 243)
Tigrinya
bet
- house
(TED 1154)
Amharic
bet
- house
(AED 912)