# KU-RU-KU (kurkū)

> saffron, crocus (PN from plant term)

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

- Reading: kurkū
- Type: Personal name; 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: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [KU-RU-KU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-RU-KU/index.md>)

## Commentary

HT 87, a one-unit entry in the *21F-TU-NE · MA-KA-RI-TE roster. kurkū, PS *kurk- 'saffron' (Akk. kurkānū, Heb. karkōm): a name from the plant. One attestation.

## Attestations

- [HT 87](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT87/index.md>)

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