KA-RI-*310-I

'Companion' (personal name)

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Reading
Qarīnī
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ḳarn- ‘horn’ 1, ‘to fight, oppose’ 2, ‘to guard’ 3
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Arabicqaranaqarana ‘be someone’s companion’
  • Sabaicqrnqrn ‘guard’ (Biella 467)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 98aKA-RI-*310-I ¹⁄₄recipient of ¼; personal name, 'Companion'

Commentary

HT 98a: KA-RI-*310-I ¼, the last of the fractional issues, after RO-KE ½. Qarīnī ‘Companion’: *310 = in joins RI as it joins KI in KI-*310-RE kinnār, so KA-RI-IN-I writes qa-rīn-ī; Arabic qarana ‘be someone’s companion’, Sabaic qrn ‘guard’ (Biella 467), with the -ī of a personal name. Rival: Qarnī ‘horn’, as KA-RO-NA Qarna and Mari Qarni-Lim (ARM 26/1, 599). Rival: Akk. karānu ‘wine’ (CAD K 202). Weak point: *310 = in is a proposed value. One attestation.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon