Number: 1983
Proto-Semitic: *ma/iṭ(ṭ/w)- ~ *mVyṭ-
Meaning: 'staff, rod, branch of a tree'
Akkadian: 'mace' OB on [CAD m 147] [AHw 664]
Eblaitic: ma-ṭì-um = gišgu-RUurudu и gišgu-RU-kakurudu (ссылки в [TD VIII 241-5]
Ugaritic: mṭ 'vara, báculo, fusta' [DLU 307]
Hebrew: maṭṭǟ 'staff, rod, scepter' [KB 573], [TD VIII 241-5]
Arabic: ma/iṭw- 'branche de palmier fendue en deux et donc oe sert pour lier quelque chose comme avec un corde' [BK 2 1124]
Tigre: mǝṭ ʔabälä 'to beat with rods' [LH 143]
Gurage: CHA EZHA ENN GYE mʷǝṭa, MUH GOG SEL muṭa, END muṭä 'plant that begins to grow
Mehri: mīṭáyn (myṭ) 'tree the wood of which is very hard and so heavy that it sinks in water. It is a favourite wood for making sticks and clubs' [JM 276]
