Personal name · Semitic

KA-I-RO

Measurer (professional-title PN), of grain; rival a name on g-y-l 'to rejoice'

Reading
kāʾil
Type
Personal name Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Zakros
Attestations
1
Lexicon
KA-I-RO

Commentary

kāʾil ‘measurer’, active participle of k-y-l ‘to measure (grain)’, the last and largest share of the ZA 8 fig list, two entries after MA-KA-I-SE ‘tax-man’. Rival: a name on g-y-l ‘to rejoice’.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry KA-I-RO.

  • Arabickāʾilkāʾil ‘measurer’, active participle of kāla ‘to measure (grain)’; kayl ‘measure’ (Q 12:59–65)
  • Hebrewkûlkûl ‘to measure’ (Isa 40:12)
Linear A Lexicon