ᴹQ. malta n. “gold (as metal)” (Category: Gold)

References ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL; PE22/50, 103; PE23/102, 104-106

Glosses

• “gold” ✧ PE22/50; PE22/103; PE23/104; PE23/105; PE23/102 (malta); PE23/106 (malta)
• “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/SMAL (malda); EtyAC/SMAL (malta)

Variations

• malta ✧ PE22/50; PE22/103; PE23/104; PE23/105; PE23/102 (malta); PE23/106 (malta); EtyAC/SMAL (malta)
• malda ✧ Ety/SMAL

Changes

• malta >> malda ✧ EtyAC/SMAL

Inflections

maltō	genitive	“of gold”	✧ PE23/104; PE23/105
maltar	plural	“(kind[s] of) gold”	✧ PE23/105

Element In

• ᴹQ. kina malta “some gold” ✧ PE23/104
• ᴹQ. kina malto “a certain amount of gold” ✧ PE23/104
• ᴹQ. laka malta “much (abundant) gold” ✧ PE23/104
• ᴹQ. laka malto “a great quantity of gold” ✧ PE23/104
• ᴹQ. lakar malto “great quantities of gold” ✧ PE23/104
• ᴹQ. malta launen “gold abounded to me, I had lots of gold” ✧ PE22/103
• ᴹQ. sempa malta “(very) little gold” ✧ PE23/105
• ᴹQ. sempa maltō “a small quantity of gold” ✧ PE23/105
• ᴹQ. sempar maltar “{few kind[s] of or things of gold >} few (kind[s] of) gold” ✧ PE23/105
• ᴹQ. sempar maltō “small amounts of gold” ✧ PE23/105
• ᴹQ. sempe malta “not much gold” ✧ PE23/106

Cognates

• N. malt “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL (malt)
• ON. malda “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL (maltha)

Derivations

• < ᴹ✶smaldā “gold (as metal)” ✧ Ety/SMAL; EtyAC/SMAL (smaltā)
  • < ᴹ√SMAL “yellow” ✧ Ety/LÁWAR; Ety/SMAL

Phonetic Developments

ᴹ✶smaldā > malda	[smaldā] > [m̥aldā] > [maldā] > [malda]	✧ Ety/SMAL
ᴹ✶smaltā > malta	[smaltā] > [m̥altā] > [maltā] > [malta]	✧ EtyAC/SMAL