# U-NA-A (wannā(h) / winnā(h))

> and here, hither

A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: wannā(h) / winnā(h)
- Confidence: Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Root: [\*hn](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/3482/index.md>) 'behold; here' 1, 'this' 2
- Kind: Particle
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: U (u) · NA (na) · A (a)

## Compared forms

- Ugaritic: 𐎅𐎐𐎅 *hnh* — hnh 'hither?' (reading uncertain; possibly hn + terminative -h), beside hnn 'here' (Tropper §81.11a-b)
- Hebrew: *hēnnâ* — hēnnâ 'here, hither' (Gen 45:8)
- Eblaite: ʔà-na, an-na hanna 'here'; ʔà-na-sa hanna-iš-am 'hither' (GlOS 1, 218)
- Arabic: *hunā* — hunā 'here'

## Attestations

- [KN Zb 40](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KNZb40/index.md>): U-NA-A — and 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.

## Same root

- [U-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/U-NA/index.md>) (wannā)
- [I-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-NA/index.md>) (hinna)
- [I-NA-JA-PA-QA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-NA-JA-PA-QA/index.md>) (hinna yapqaḥ)

## References

- Reading: di Mino; GlOS 1
- GlOS 1: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2019), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 1: ʔ – ḳ. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/1,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park
- Ya Diktu: di Mino, Tom (2026), Ya Diktu: Grammar of the Minoan Peak Sanctuary Libation Formula. Minoan Mystery, online,46 pp.

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