# KA-NA-NI-TI (kanaʿanītī)

> the Canaanite (ethnonymic designation)

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

- Reading: kanaʿanītī
- Type: Gentilic; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Sites: Khania
- Lexicon: [KA-NA-NI-TI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-NA-NI-TI/index.md>)

## Commentary

KH Wc 2005, a roundel, the word alone. Nisbe -ītī, as DU-RU-WI ḏu-luwwī; Hebrew kĕnaʿanī; Punic Chanani (Krahmalkov 2000, 236).

## Attestations

- [KH Wc 2005](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KHWc2005/index.md>)

## References

- Krahmalkov: Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000), A Phoenician-Punic Dictionary. Peeters (Leuven)

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