# \*kmn 'to hide, lie in wait'

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

- Author's gloss: to hide, lie in wait; ambush
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/k/3237_to_hide_lie_in_wait.md

## In Linear A

- [A-DU-KU-MI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-DU-KU-MI-NA/index.md>) (ʾAddu-kumina): Addu has sheltered (compound theophoric PN)
- [A-KU-MI-NA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-KU-MI-NA/index.md>) (ʾakmina): I shelter (verbal PN)

## 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.

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: kmn (hif., post-biblical) (HALOT 481) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: kmn; (af.) (HALOT 481) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: kmn (HALOT 481) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: CPA kymn (HALOT 481) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: kamana (HALOT 481) (gloss withheld)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic kmn; mkmn (Al-Jallad 2026, 83) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: kǝbūn (Rubin 2018 36) (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.