Proto-Semitic root
*ḳyn
‘to sing a dirge, to chant; song, dirge’
di Mino’s gloss: to chant a dirge, lament; song
Record 3509 ↗ · Basis: kaphtor
In Linear A1 entry
Notes
HALOT 1097 and LGz. 437 also print Arb. qayna(t). Hbr. qyn is denominative of qînâ (HALOT 1096); Payne Smith 511 derives qanqen from qīntā. Gez. qānā ‘melody’ (LGz. 433) is qnw II (LGz. 437), another root.
Reflexes8 languages
Northwest Semitic4
- Hebrewqyn (pol.) (HALOT 1096)I qînâ (HALOT 1097)gloss withheld
- Syrian Aramaicqīnā (Payne Smith 504)qanqen (Payne Smith 511)qīntā (HALOT 1097)gloss withheld
- Mandaic Aramaicqinta (HALOT 1097)
- Emarqu-ni, qu-ú-ni /qūnu/ (Pentiuc 2001, 150–151)qà-PI-nu /qaww/yyā̆nū/ (Pentiuc 2001, 147–148)gloss withheld
Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian4
- Geezqānayaqəne (LGz. 437)qānaya, qēnē (HALOT 1096)gloss withheld
- Tigreqānā (HALOT 1096)qana (LGz. 437)gloss withheld
- Tigrinyaqanäyäqänqänä (LGz. 437)
- Amharic(tä)qäññä (LGz. 437)
† Gloss withheld: the cited dictionary’s licence is closed, so its form and page stand without its gloss.