MA-KA-I-TA

personal name (f.), the feminine of Makī (MA-KA-I-SE); rival the Egyptian name mkj·t

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Reading
Makīt
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ḳVwVm- ‘stand (up), rise’
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Amoriteme-ki-im maqīmme-ki-im maqīm ‘Established’, the masculine (Buck 2019, 307; Gelb 1980 no. 4648 ME-QWIM, no. 4649 ME-KWIN)
  • Egyptianmkj·t, women and men, Middle Kingdom (Ranke I, 166.17); mk·t (Ranke I, 166.19); rival

Attestations2 cited

  1. PK 1MA-KA-I-TA 1Makīt (f.), 1
  2. ZA 5b3DMA-KA-I-TA 3Makīt (f.), a recipient, 3

Commentary

PK 1 MA-KA-I-TA 1 closes a roster of names entered singly (A-DU-ZA, TA₂-TA-RE, O-KA-MI-ZA-SI-I-NA); ZA 5b MA-KA-I-TA 3 follows SI-PI-KI 1½ in the wine register, a recipient. The feminine of Makī (MA-KA-I-SE, ZA 8), TA the feminine t. Egyptian writes the name mkj·t, borne by women and men in the Middle Kingdom (Ranke I, 166.17), I for j sign for sign. Rival: the Egyptian name mkj·t as a loan.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

ZA 5a–bZakros…ma-ka-i-ta……
Linear A Lexicon