# \*ḳanaw/y- 'reed'

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

- Author's gloss: reed, cane; aromatic reed
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/q/3035_reed.md

## In Linear A

- [KA-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KA-NA/index.md>) (qana / qanû): aromatic reed, sweet cane (commodity; spelling variant of QA-NE)
- [QA-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-NE/index.md>) (qanē): reed, cane; rival lapis lazuli
- [QA-NU-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-NU-MA/index.md>) (qanūma): reeds (qanūma); heading on KH 88, grain entry on HT 116a

## Notes

HALOT 1113: probably a primary noun, apart from I qnh 'acquire' (PS *qVnVy-). Mnd. qaina is from Syr. and Arm. qanyā with metathesis (HALOT 1113). Eth. qanōt (Dillmann apud HALOT 1113).

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: qanû (qanuʾu) (CAD Q 85) (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: ḳá-nu-wu (Kogan 2011, 201); ga-nu-wu, [ga]-nu-um /ḳan(u)wum/ (VE 416; Krebernik 1983, 16); [ga]-nu-um, ga-nu-wu /qan(u)w/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 348) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: qāneh (HALOT 1113) (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: qn (HALOT 1113) (gloss withheld)
- Phoenician: qnʾ (T 289) (gloss withheld)
- Punic: hqnʾ zkʾ (HALOT 1113) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: qanyā (HALOT 1113) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: qanyā (HALOT 1113) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: CPArm. qnyʾ (HALOT 1113)
- Mandaic Aramaic: qainaʾ (T 289)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: qanā, qanāt (HALOT 1113) (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.