Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/miʔat-

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

**Proto-Semitic numbers ^(edit)**
		1,000
← 1	← 10	100	200 →	1,000 →
Cardinal: *miʔat-

Etymology

Compare Central Atlas Tamazight ⵜⵉⵎⵉⴹⵉ (timiḍi).

Numeral

*miʔat- f

hundred

Declension

Declension of *miʔat-
case	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*miʔatum	*miʔatāna	*miʔātum
accusative	*miʔatam	*miʔatayna	*miʔātim
genitive	*miʔatim	*miʔatayna	*miʔātim

possessive forms
1^st person	miʔatī / miʔatVya	—	*miʔatVni
2^nd person m	*miʔatVka	miʔatVkumā / miʔatVkumay	*miʔatVkum(ū)
2^nd person f	*miʔatVki	miʔatVkumā / miʔatVkumay	*miʔatVkin(ā)
3^rd person m	*miʔatVšu	miʔatVšumā / miʔatVšumay	*miʔatVšum(ū)
3^rd person f	*miʔatVša	miʔatVšumā / miʔatVšumay	*miʔatVšin(ā)

the endings -m and -na are dropped in the bound form, which may also undergo syncopation of an unstressed final vowel where possible. Note: the ending -V before the possessive endings responds to case: *miʔatuya for nom. case, *miʔatiya for gen. case, *miʔataya for acc. case, etc.

Descendants

East Semitic:
- Akkadian: 𒈨𒀜 (meʔatum), 𒈠𒀜 (mât), 𒈨𒂊 (mē), 𒈨𒌈 (mētum)
West Semitic:
- Central Semitic:
  - Arabic: مِئَة (miʔa), مِا۟ئَة (miʔa)
    - Gulf Arabic: امية (imya)
    - Egyptian Arabic: مية (miyya)
    - Hijazi Arabic: مية (miyya)
    - South Levantine Arabic: مية (miyya, miyye)
    - Maltese: mija
    - Moroccan Arabic: مية (myā)
      - → Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵎⵢⴰ (mya)
    - → Swahili: mia
  - Northwest Semitic:
    - Aramaic: מְאָה/מְאָא (məʾā, mā), מָאתָא (māṯā)
      - Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܡܐܵܐ (imˀā)
      - Classical Syriac: ܡܐܶܐ (məʾā, mā), ܡܳܐܬܳܐ (māṯā)
    - Canaanite:
      - Hebrew: מֵאָה (me'á, mēʾâ)
        → Yiddish: מאה (meye)
        → Dutch: meier
- Ethiopian Semitic:
  - Amharic: መቶ (mäto)
  - Tigrinya: ሚእቲ (miʾti)

References

Militarev, Alexander; Kogan, Leonid (2000–2005), Semitic Etymological Dictionary, Münster: Ugarit-Verlag
Huehnergard, John (2019), “Proto-Semitic”, in Huehnergard, John and Na'ama Pat-El, editors, The Semitic Languages, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN