QA-NU-MA

reeds (qanūma); heading on KH 88, grain entry on HT 116a

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Reading
qanūma
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*ḳanaw/y- ‘reed’
Kind
Administrative
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Akkadianqanûqanû ‘reed; arrow; measuring rod’ (CAD Q 85)
  • Hebrewqānehqāneh ‘reed, stalk’ (HALOT 1113)
  • Ugaritic𐎖𐎐qnqn ‘cane’ (DULAT 694)
  • Phoenician𐤒𐤍qnqn ‘reeds, reed pens or pipes’ (Krahmalkov 427)
  • Eblaiteqan(u)wumga-nu-wu, [ga]-nu-um /qan(u)wum/ ‘reed’ (VE 416; Krebernik 1983, 16)

Attestations2 cited

  1. HT 116aQA-NU-MA GRA 20
  2. KH 88QA-NU-MA *21F-*118 NI 10reeds (heading)

Commentary

KH 88 heads its list with QA-NU-MA; on HT 116a QA-NU-MA GRA 20 is the last of six grain recipients under U-TA-RO · TE, with KU-PA-JA Kubbaya and SI-KI-NE Sikinet. qanūma ‘reeds’ < *qanawūma, as Huehnergard reconstructs Ugaritic qnm, with Eblaite qā-nu-wu, qā-nu-um (Huehnergard 2008, 291), the closest vocalic parallel. Weak point: on HT 116a reeds stand in a recipient’s slot. Rival: √q-n-y ‘acquire, possess’, a heading for acquisitions. See QA-NE and KA-NA.

On the 3D inscriptions

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

Linear A Lexicon