# \*matn- 'sinew, tendon'

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

- Author's gloss: sinew, tendon, nerve
- SED semet 2157
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/m/1977_sinew_tendon.md

## In Linear A

- [MI-DA-NI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI-DA-NI/index.md>) (mitāni): loins, hip meat—choice cut on sacrificial fat allocation tablet

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: matnu OB, SB [CAD m1 412], [AHw 663] (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: ma-da-nu /matnu(m)/ (= Sum. sa-šu) [Fron. Ebl. 172], [Bla. Ebl. No. 68]; ma-da-nu /matn/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 59) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: mtn (LGz. 372) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: matn- 'nerve' [BK 2 1059].

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Geez: matn, mǝtān [LGz 372] (gloss withheld)
- Amharic: mätǝn [K 250]. (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: mätni 'nerves of the animal body' [Bass 101]

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