# \*kakkar-/\*kikkar- 'round loaf, disk; talent; (round) district'

A Proto-Semitic root the Linear A Lexicon's readings rest on.

- Author's gloss: round loaf, disk; talent; surrounding district
- SED semet 1135
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/1097_round_loaf_disk_talent_round_district.md

## In Linear A

- [KE-KI-RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KE-KI-RU/index.md>) (Kikkaru): personal name, 'Disk, Round loaf'
- [KI-KI-RA-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-KI-RA-JA/index.md>) (kikkarāya): (men) of the Kikkar, 'round district' (gentilic heading of a head-count roster)
- [QA-KU-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-KU-RE/index.md>) (kakkarē): rounds of (a commodity); talent
- [QE-KU-RE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-KU-RE/index.md>) (kikkᵊrē): rounds, round cakes of (a commodity); talent; rival the personal name Qaqqaru

## Notes

The verb is 3612 *krkr 'to roll, whirl'.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: kakkaru
- Eblaitic: gur-gú-ru₁₂, kur-gú-ru₁₂, kur-gur-ru₁₂ /kurkur/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 319) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: kikkār
- Punic: kkr 'talent' [Anderson–Moser 2024 root kkr]
- Ugaritic: kkr /kakkaru/ (UVST 136) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root kkr]
- Syrian Aramaic: kakrā 'talent (weight, money)' (Payne Smith 214)
- Phoenician: kkr (T 141) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: EgArm. kkr, knkr (HALOT 473)
- Judaic Aramaic: kakraʾ (T 141)
- Emar: ka-ak-ka-ri, ka-ak-ka-ru, ka-ka-ru, ka-ka₄-rù /kakkaru/ (Pentiuc 2001, 91) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: kakkar: name ka-ka-ri (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 319) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: *kakkar (HALOT BArm. s.v. כַּכַּר) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab krkr (Biella 252; HALOT 473; Sabaweb lemma 4474) (gloss withheld)

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Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit 50525edd.