𐤒𐤍𐤀

𐤒𐤍𐤀

Punic

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒄀 (qanû), from Sumerian 𒄀𒈾 (gi.na).

Pronunciation

• (6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /kʼanaː/

• (2^th BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /kʼanaː/

• (2^th CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /kʼanoː/

Noun

𐤒𐤍𐤀 (qnʾ /qanā/) f

1. cane, reed
   • CIS 3889 (in Part I. Tome III, first fascicle)

     ‏𐤐𐤕𐤓𐤀 𐤌𐤊𐤓 𐤄𐤒𐤍𐤀‎

     ptrʾ mkr hqnʾ

     PTRʾ, seller of reed.

References

• Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, page 427, but he gives the noun contrary to the cognates as masculine and translates as a plural.