^?q(n) 'wood' in the Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea: A Note on the Reflex of Proto-Semitic/*s/in Imperial Aramaic

Author: Notarius, Tania

Source: Aramaic Studies, Volume 4, Number 1, 2006 , pp. 101-109(9)

Publisher: BRILL

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Abstract:

A new spelling of the Aramaic lexeme 'wood' has been revealed. The note deals with the paleographic, orthographic, phonetic and phonemic implications of this spelling. It is claimed that in Idumean Aramaic of the fourth century BCE the reflex of the Proto-Semitic lateral fricative emphatic was realized as pharyngeal approximant ayin, what brought to the dissimilation of the first of two pharyngeals in this lexeme.

Keywords: IMPERIAL ARAMAIC; PHONOLOGY; GUTTERALS; DISSIMILATION; IDUMEAN OSTRACA

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477835106066038

Affiliations: 1: Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Publication date: 2006-03-01