# KU-MA-JU (Qumalu)

> Qumalu 'Louse' (personal name); rival kumru 'priest'

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

- Reading: Qumalu
- 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: [KU-MA-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-MA-JU/index.md>)

## Commentary

Qumalu: *ḳaml- 'louse', Gurage ḳumal; Safaitic personal name QML 'louse' (Harding 1971, 488). First entry under PA-RO-SU Parʿōš 'Flea' on HT 20.

## Attestations

- [HT 20](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT20/index.md>)

## References

- Harding, G. Lankester (1971), An Index and Concordance of Pre-Islamic Arabian Names and Inscriptions. Near and Middle East Series 8,University of Toronto Press

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