U-NA-A

and here, hither

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Reading
wannā(h) / winnā(h)
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*hn ‘behold’
Kind
Particle
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Ugaritic𐎅𐎐𐎅hnhhnh ‘hither?’ (reading uncertain; possibly hn + terminative -h), beside hnn ‘here’ (Tropper §81.11a-b)
  • Hebrewhēnnâhēnnâ ‘here, hither’ (Gen 45:8)
  • Eblaiteʔà-na, an-na hanna ‘here’; ʔà-na-sa hanna-iš-am ‘hither’ (GlOS 1, 218)
  • Arabichunāhunā ‘here’

Attestations1 cited

  1. KN Zb 403DU-NA-Aand here, hither

Commentary

KN Zb 40 .2, under A-PA-KI. U-NA- as in U-NA-KA-NA-SI and U-NA-RU-KA-NA-TI, w- + hn (di Mino, Ya Diktu); final A = -ā(h), as Hebrew hēnnâ ‘here, hither’ (Gen 45:8), Ugaritic hnh ‘hither?’ (Tropper §81.11a). Rival: hunāha without the conjunction. See U-NA.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

KN Zb 40Knossosu-na-a
Linear A Lexicon