KA-I-RO

Measurer (professional-title PN), of grain; rival a name on g-y-l 'to rejoice'

𐘾KAAB7757 entries𐘚IAB2864 entries𐘁ROAB0226 entries
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Reading
kāʾil
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*kalVy- ~ *kayl- ‘vessel’ 1, ‘measure’ 2, ‘to hold, contain’ 3
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Arabickāʾilkāʾil ‘measurer’, active participle of kāla ‘to measure (grain)’; kayl ‘measure’ (Q 12:59–65)
  • Hebrewkûlkûl ‘to measure’ (Isa 40:12)

Attestations1 cited

  1. ZA 8KA-I-RO 4 ?the measurer (professional-title PN), 4 + fractions; rival a name on g-y-l 'to rejoice'

Commentary

ZA 8 .6 KA-I-RO 4 B B, intact, the last entry of the fig list headed KI-RA · (GORILA III 165), with the largest share, two entries after MA-KA-I-SE. kāʾil ‘measurer’, active participle of √k-y-l ‘to measure (grain)’: Arb. kayyāl ‘a measurer of corn’, mikyāl ‘a measure for corn’ (Lane 3005), kayl ‘measure’ (Q 12:59–65). I writes ʾi, RO the final l as in KU-RO kull; A-I writes -ay- in DA-I-PI-TA on the same tablet. Rival: a name on √g-y-l ‘to rejoice’, Heb. gîl (HALOT 189–190). One attestation.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.

Linear A Lexicon