# \*tḳn 'to be in order; to set right, establish'

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

- Author's gloss: to set in order, put right; restore
- SED 2146
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/t/3320_to_be_in_order_to_set_right_establish.md

## In Linear A

- [TU-QE-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/TU-QE-NU/index.md>) (Tuqnu): personal name: tuqnu 'good order, safety'; the flute-player of ZU-JU-PU₂

## Notes

PCS *tḳn 'to be in order' (SEDonline 2146). SEDonline 2146 takes Akk. taqānu for a West Semitic loan. Cf. 1192 *tVkVn- 'weigh'.

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Eblaitic: [lu-d]a-gú-nu, lu-d[u]gú-nu /t-q-n/ (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 294) (gloss withheld)
- Akkadian: taqānu; tuqqunu (CAD T 197) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Hebrew: tḳn (HALOT 1784 apud SEDonline 2146) (gloss withheld)
- Biblical Aramaic: tḳn (HALOT 2009 apud SEDonline 2146) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: tḳn (LSyr. 831 apud SEDonline 2146) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: tqn (DNWSI 1228) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: tqn (Lane 309 apud SEDonline 2146) (gloss withheld)

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