# \*ḳVṭVn- 'be small, be thin'

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

- Author's gloss: to be small, thin
- SED semet 1005
- Record: https://github.com/plasma-ai/kaphtor/blob/50525edd50131a50e59ec82bf5132da0fa89efc9/wiki/semitic-roots/q/980_be_small_be_thin.md

## In Linear A

- [QE-TU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-TU/index.md>) (qaṭun): small (portions)
- [QE-TU-NE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QE-TU-NE/index.md>) (qaṭunē): small, fine (amounts)—quality term over the QA₂-ligature entry

## Reflexes: East Semitic

- Akkadian: ḳatān- (gloss withheld)
- Eblaitic: /qaDn/: names ga-da-nu/ne/na, ga-da-na-ti; cf. ga-da-dè/du/tum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 358) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Northwest Semitic

- Mandaic Aramaic: ḳotān- (CAL s.v. qwṭn) (gloss withheld)
- Hebrew: ḳāṭān; ḳāṭōn (HALOT 1092) (gloss withheld)
- Syrian Aramaic: ḳṭn 'grow thin' (Payne Smith 501)
- Aramaic: QṬN (Aramaic Root Atlas; CAL s.v. qṭn) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root qṭn]
- Punic: qṭn; qṭn (T 287) (gloss withheld) [Anderson–Moser 2024 root qṭn]
- Judaic Aramaic: qəṭīnā (HALOT 1092; DJPA 486a apud CAL)
- Ugaritic: qṭn (HALOT 1092)
- Phoenician: qṭn (B 403) (gloss withheld)
- Amorite: quṭṭun (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 358) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Arabic

- Arabic: ḳatīn- (LGz. 453) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Epigraphic South Arabian

- Epigraphic South Arabian: Sab ḳṭn (Sabaweb lemma 4816) (gloss withheld)

## Reflexes: Ethiopic and Modern South Arabian

- Mehri: ḳáyṭen JM 245 (gloss withheld)
- Soqotri: ḳǝ́ṭhɔn (gloss withheld)
- Harsusi: ḳayṭen
- Geez: ḳṭn LGz 453 (gloss withheld)
- Jibbali: East ḳéṭǝn
- Tigre: qaṭna (HALOT 1092)
- Tigrinya: qäṭänä (LGz. 453)
- Amharic: qäṭṭänä (LGz. 453)
- Argobba: qäṭṭäna (LGz. 453)
- Gurage: qäṭänä (LGz. 453)
- Harari: qäṭäna [LHar 131] (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.