# \*kitn- 'linen, tunic'

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

- Author's gloss: linen; tunic
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/2678_linen_tunic.md

## In Linear A

- [KI-TA-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-TA-NA/index.md>) (kitāna): linen (material adjectival base in jar labels)
- [KI-TA-NI-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-TA-NI-TE/index.md>) (kitānit): linen robe, linen cloth

## Notes

Borrowed as Greek χιτών/κιθών 'tunic', Mycenaean ki-to, and with metathesis Latin tunica (Rendsburg 2026, 214).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: kitû (CAD K 473); kitītu, kitintu (HALOT 505) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Ugaritic: ktn (DULAT 464) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: ktn (Krahmalkov 246); ktn (T 151) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: kuttōnet (HALOT 505) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: kettānā, kuttīnā (HALOT 505) (gloss withheld)
- Mandaic Aramaic: kitana, kituna (HALOT 505; MD 216) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: ktnʾ (T 151)
- Judaic Aramaic: kitnaʾ (T 151)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: kattān- 'linen' (BK 2, 864)

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