Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/šuʔa

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

Etymology

Cognate with Egyptian sw and Hausa shi.

Pronoun

*šuʔa m

he (masculine third-person singular personal pronoun)

		1st person	2nd person m	2nd person f	3rd person m	3rd person f
Nominative	Singular	*ʔanāku	*ʔanta	*ʔanti	*šuʔa	*šiʔa
	Dual	*niḥnu	antumā / antumay		šumā / šumay
	Plural	*niḥnu	*ʔantum(ū)	*ʔantin(ā)	*šum(ū)	*šin(ā)
Oblique	Singular	— (enclitics used instead)			*šuʔātī	*šiʔātī
	Dual				šumātī / šumāytī
	Plural				*šumūtī	*šinātī

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒋗𒌑 (šū)
West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
  - Arabic: هُوَ (huwa)
  - Northwest Semitic:
    - Aramaic: הוּא (hū)
      Jewish Babylonian Aramaic: איהו (ʾīhū)
      - Classical Syriac: ܗܽܘ (hū)
    - Canaanite:
      - Hebrew: הוּא (hu, hûʾ)
      - Phoenician: 𐤄𐤀 (hʾ /⁠hu⁠/)
    - Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎆 (hw /⁠hū⁠/)

References

Huehnergard, John (2019) “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN

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