Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/ʔalp-

Numeral

 * 1) thousand

Usage notes
The term probably wasn’t strictly a certain number but meant an amount of about this number. In Ethiopian it tends to mean a myriad.

Descendants

 * Central Semitic:
 * Northwest Semitic:
 * Canaanite:
 * Old South Arabian:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Old South Arabian:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Old South Arabian:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Ethiopian Semitic:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian:

Noun

 * 1) head of cattle

Descendants

 * East Semitic:
 * West Semitic:
 * Central Semitic:
 * Northwest Semitic:
 * Canaanite:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian:
 * Modern South Arabian: