# KO-JA (Qōya)

> personal name, Amorite type (quwy- 'wait for, hope'); rival 'be strong'

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

- Reading: Qōya
- 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: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [KO-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KO-JA/index.md>)

## Commentary

HT 119 .2 KO-JA 10, the second named entry of a personnel list. A hypocoristic on Amorite QWJ, 'wait for, hope' or 'be strong' (Gelb, AS 21: KU-IA-UM no. 4109, KU-WU-UM no. 4188, KU-IA-TUM no. 4108, KU-U₂-D-DA-GAN no. 4145, KU-U₂-D-IM no. 4146). KO for /qō/: cuneiform cannot show o. Weak points: two signs, the vowel. One attestation.

## Outside the corpus

amorite_names:KU-IA-UM

## Attestations

- [HT 119](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT119/index.md>)

## References

- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

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