Proto-Semitic root
*kmn
‘to hide, lie in wait’
di Mino’s gloss: to hide, lie in wait; ambush
Record 3237 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A2 entries
Notes
Not 2696 *kamm-ūn- ‘cumin’. Rubin 2018, 36 n. 13 takes Mehri kǝbūn as cognate with Arabic kamana ‘hide’; Jibbali has both kbn and kmn.
Reflexes7 languages
Northwest Semitic4
- Hebrewkmn (hif., post-biblical) (HALOT 481)gloss withheld
- Judaic Aramaickmn(af.) (HALOT 481)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaickmn (HALOT 481)gloss withheld
- AramaicCPA kymn (HALOT 481)gloss withheld
Arabic2
- Arabickamana (HALOT 481)gloss withheld
- Pre-Islamic North ArabianSafaitic kmnmkmn (Al-Jallad 2026, 83)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian1
- Mehrikǝbūn (Rubin 2018 36)gloss withheld
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.