# \*mVnVw- ~ \*ʾVmVn- 'count' 1, 'test, try' 2, 'be certain, believe' 3, 'be secure, safe; make secure, protect' 4, 'measure, portion, share; fate' 5

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

- Author's gloss: to count, reckon, allot; portion, fate, mina
- SED semet 627
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/add28e9473c07931be80fd0b364181739fc5519a/wiki/semitic-roots/m/643_count_1_test_try_2_be_certain_believe_3_be_secur.md

## In Linear A

- [DA-DU-MI-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-DU-MI-NE/index.md>) (dādu-Mīnō): Beloved of Minos (compound theophoric name)
- [DA-MI-NU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DA-MI-NU/index.md>) (Ḏā-Mīnu): personal name, 'He of the Portion' (ḏā + √m-n-y); rival √m-n-n 'He of the Favor'
- [MI+\*301](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI~2B*301/index.md>) (minā): mina, portion (weight/measure unit)
- [MI-NU-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI-NU-TE/index.md>) (minūt): amount, number; counting, reckoning
- [PI-MI-NA-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/PI-MI-NA-TE/index.md>) (bi-mināti): by the portions (broken before PI); rivals 'by the recitation', minḥâ 'offering'

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: manû 1 (CAD M/1 221) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Punic: mny 1 (T 186); Neo-Punic mnʾ 1 (Krahmalkov 295) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: mny 1, ʔmn 3 (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 2); mānā 1 (HALOT 599); māneh 5 (HALOT 599); mānāh, pl. mānôt, 5 (HALOT 599); mənāt 5 (HALOT 603) (gloss withheld)
- Aramaic: (Palest) hēmīn 3; ʾMN 3 (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 71 apud CAL); MNY 1 (Aramaic Root Atlas; DNWSI 660); mintā 5 (HALOT 603) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root mny]
- Syrian Aramaic: ʾamīn 3, ʾeṯʾemen 3 (LGz. 24) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: ʾmn 3: ʾamanum, ʾaminum, ʾaminatum, ʾamina (Gelb AS 21, 14); mnw 1: manawum, manawa, manijum, manuwum (Gelb AS 21, 25); manî 1, yamnān 1 (Buck 2019, 329); manat 5 (Buck 2019, 329) (gloss withheld)
- Ugaritic: ʔimt 3 (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 2); mny 1 (Tropper UG 379); mnt 5 (DULAT 558) (gloss withheld)
- Judaic Aramaic: menaʾ 1 (T 186)
- Mandaic Aramaic: mnʾ 1 (T 186)
- Biblical Aramaic: mnh 1 (HALOT 599); *minyān 1 (HALOT BArm. s.v. מִנְיָן) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: mnw [-u-] 2, ʔmn [-a-] 3 (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 2); ʾamina 4; ʾāmanahu, ʾammanahu 4 (Lane 100); manā 2, 5 (BK 2, 1158); manan 5 (BK 2, 1159) (gloss withheld)
- Pre-Islamic North Arabian: Safaitic ʾmn 4 (Al-Jallad 2026, 6); Safaitic mny 5 (Al-Jallad 2026, 93) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: ʔmn 3 (Kogan 2015, ch. 2 §4.2 no. 2); ʔmn 4 (Sabaweb lemma 3552); Sab ʾmn 4, hʾmn 4, ʾmn 4 (SD 6); hʾmnn 4, ʾmn(m) 4 (Biella 20); Sab mny 5 (Biella 279) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: hāmōn 3
- Harsusi: ʔamōn 3
- Jibbali: ʔun 3
- Geez: ʾamna 3 (LGz. 24); ʾamna 3 (Dillmann 05469); mənnān 5 (LGz. 351) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root ʾmn]
- Tigre: ʾam(a)na 3 (HALOT 63; Wb. 356a) (gloss withheld)
- Soqotri: ʾemon 3 (LGz. 24) (gloss withheld)
- Tigrinya: ʾamänä 3 (LGz. 24)
- Amharic: ammänä 3 (LGz. 24); mən(n)an 5 (LGz. 351) (gloss withheld)
- Gurage: amänä 3 (LGz. 24)
- Harari: amäna 3 (LGz. 24)
- Argobba: ˀammɛn 3 (Wetter 2010:84, AAD 270 apud SEDonline 187) (gloss withheld)
- East Ethiopic: Sel. Wol. amänä 3 (EDG 49 apud SEDonline 187) (gloss withheld)

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