KU-NI-TE

priestess (fem. singular)

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Reading
kuhnēt
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*kVhVn- ‘act as a priest’ 1, ‘to have second sight…’
Kind
Personnel
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • PhoenicianPunic khntPunic khnt ‘priestess’ (Krahmalkov)
  • Ugaritic𐎋𐎅𐎐khnkhn ‘priest’ (CUC)

Attestations1 cited

  1. KH 92A-DA-*21F-RI KU-NI-TE 10[

Commentary

KH 92 .1 A-DA-QIf-RI · KU-NI-TE 10[ (Younger, Linear A Texts): a counted entry, with ]NA-KI 1 on .2. kuhnēt ‘priestess’: Punic khnt ‘priestess’ (Krahmalkov 2000, 224), Ug. khn ‘priest’ (DULAT 428). KU writes the ū of Punic kūhen (KAI 159.6/7; Krahmalkov 2000, 419). Of the √k-h-n group with KI-NI-MA. One attestation. See A-KO-A-NE.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon