Personal name · Semitic

KU-RA-MU

personal name, 'Vineyard' (√k-r-m)

Reading
Kurmu
Type
Personal name Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
KU-RA-MU

Commentary

HT 117a, one of ten entries counted 1 each under MA-KA-RI-TE (KU-RO 10): a name on the noun ‘vineyard’, as TE-*301 Tēnā ‘Fig’. Hebrew kerem, Ugaritic krm. One witness.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry KU-RA-MU.

  • Hebrewכֶּרֶםkeremkerem (כֶּרֶם) "vineyard" (BDB 501)
  • Ugaritic𐎋𐎗𐎎krmkrm "vineyard" (DULAT 451)
  • Akkadiankarmukarmu "ruin" (different sense; CAD K 220)
  • Arabickarmkarm "vine, vineyard" (Lane)
Linear A Lexicon