# KA-I-RO (kāʾil)

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

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: kāʾil
- Type: Personal name; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Sites: Zakros
- Lexicon: [KA-I-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-I-RO/index.md>)

## 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'.

## Attestations

- [ZA 8](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/ZA8/index.md>)

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