# \*pan- 'face'

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

- Author's gloss: face, front; before, facing
- SED semet 76
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/p/144_face.md

## In Linear A

- [I-PI-NA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-PI-NA-MA/index.md>) (ʾippina=ma): in the presence of
- [I-PI-NA-MI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/I-PI-NA-MI-NA/index.md>) (ʾippina=mi=na): face, presence (of)—expanded variant of I-PI-NA-MA
- [PI-\*310-A](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-*310-A/index.md>) (pīnā): face, front

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: pānu, pl. OAkk on [AHw 818]. (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: ba-na-ù, ba-na-sa, ba-na-a /panw/y/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 130) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Canaanite: MOAB pny (pl.constr.) [HJ 918]
- Ugaritic: pn; also pl. pnm [Aist 256] (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: pn [T 265]; pn (B 392); lpn; lpnm (T 159); ʾt pn (Krahmalkov 90); ʿl pn (Krahmalkov 372) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: pānīm (pl.tant.) (HALOT 938).
- Aramaic: OFF pnh, l-pnmh [HJ 918]
- Punic: pnm; lpn (T 159); lpny (T 160); N.Pu. lpny, lpʿnʾ (T 159); ʿl pn; Neo-Punic ʿl pʿny (Krahmalkov 372); pnt (Krahmalkov 400) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root pnʾ]
- Moabite: lpny (T 159) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: panw/y: pa-ni-la, pa-(an-)ni-ia-tum (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 130–131) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: fināʾ (HALOT 938) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab fnw (Kogan 2011, 220; Sabaweb lemma 4108) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Soqotri: fáne (féne) [LS 337], [SSL LS 1455-56]
- Jibbali: fɛ́nɛ [JJ 59] (gloss withheld)
- Mehri: fenē (LGz. 163) (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.