# A-KU-MI-NA (ʾakmina) > I shelter (verbal PN) A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier. - Reading: ʾakmina - Confidence: Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once. - Root: [\*kmn]() 'to hide, lie in wait' - Kind: Personal name - Language: Semitic - Signs: A (a) · KU (ku) · MI (mi) · NA (na) - Rank: Amorite-linked appendix ## Compared forms - Amorite: Ia-ak-me-ni Yakmin- (Gelb 1980, no. 2909), prefix form of KMN - Hebrew: כמן *hiphil* — כמן hiphil 'to hide' (Mishnaic; HALOT 481) - Aramaic: *kmn* — kmn 'to hide oneself, lie in wait' (HALOT 481) ## Attestations - [ZA 10a](): A-KU-MI-NA 1 — PN 'I shelter': 1cs ʾa- + √k-m-n 'hide, shelter' (HALOT 481); cf. Amorite Ia-ak-me-ni Yakmin- (Gelb 1980, no. 2909) ## Commentary ZA 10a: a roster name counted 1, beside A-DU-KU-MI-NA from the same verb. First-person ʾa- + √k-m-n 'hide, shelter', the counterpart of Amorite JA-KMIN-I Yakmini (Gelb 1980, no. 2909). Rival: A- + KU-MI-NA 'cumin', which is measured (MY Ge 605 ku-mi-no Z 2), where this entry is a roster count of 1. One attestation. ## Same root - [A-DU-KU-MI-NA]() (ʾAddu-kumina) ## In the onomasticon - [A-KU-MI-NA](): Personal name, Semitic ## References - Reading: di Mino; Gelb 1980 - AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago - HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-KU-MI-NA/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.