KU

Status: conventional. The conventional value carried over from Linear B.

Phonetic value

Value	Evidence
/gu/	KU-PA₃-NU = Gupanu (Gordon: g-p-n 'vine')
/qu/	K-class neutralization

No CH ancestor—Linear A innovation, possibly from MM flying bird motif (Ferrara et al. 2022)

Word	Proposed reading	Confidence
*47-KU-NA	sōkina	Speculative
A-DU-KU-MI-NA	ʾAddu-kumina	Speculative
A-JA-KU	ʾAyaku	Speculative
A-KU-MI-NA	ʾakmina	Speculative
A-RE-NE-SI-DI-*301-PI-KE-PA-JA-TA-RI-SE-TE-RI-MU-A-JA-KU	[…] ʾAyaku	Speculative
DA-KU-NA	Daguna	Probable
DA-KU-SE-NE	Takušenni	Probable
DA-NE-KU-TI	Ḏā-naquddi	Speculative
DE-JU-KU	Dalqu	Speculative
GRA+KU		Candidate
I-KU-JU-TI	ʾukulti	Speculative
I-KU-RI-NA	ʾiqurna	Candidate
I-KU-TA	Ḥikuptaḥ	Speculative
I-TI-TI-KU-NI	(y)ittatkūni	Speculative
JA-KU	Yaqū	Speculative
JA-KU-TI	Yaqūti	Speculative
KA-KU	Kakku	Speculative
KA-KU-NE-TE	Kakku-ʿAnēt	Speculative
KA-KU-PA	kawkab	Candidate
KU	kull	Candidate
KU-DA	Gūda	Speculative
KU-KU-DA-RA	Kukkadal	Speculative
KU-MA-JU	Qumalu	Speculative
KU-MI-NA	kumina	Probable
KU-NI-SU	kunīšu	Probable
KU-NI-TE	kuhnēt	Speculative
KU-PA	quppa	Candidate
KU-PA-JA	Kubbaya	Speculative
KU-PA-RI	kuparī	Speculative
KU-PA-ZU	Kapizzi	Speculative
KU-PA₃-NA-TU	Kubānatu	Candidate
KU-PA₃-NU	Kubānu	Probable
KU-PA₃-PA₃	Kubaba	Probable
KU-PA₃-RI-JA	Kubariya	Speculative
KU-RA	kulla	Candidate
KU-RA-MU	Kurmu	Candidate
KU-RE-JU	Kulelu	Candidate
KU-RO	kull	Confirmed
KU-RU-KU	kurkū	Candidate
KU-RU-MA	kurma / gurma	Probable
KU-TU-KO-RE	Kutukkore	Speculative
KU-ZU-NI	Kuṯinu	Candidate
PA-KU / PU-KO	pak / pukku	Candidate
PI-KU-ZU	bi-kuṯ	Speculative
PO-TO-KU-RO	batkull	Probable
QA-KU-RE	kakkarē	Speculative
QE-KU-RE	kikkᵊrē	Speculative
SE-KU-TU	Šakūtu	Speculative
SI-DU-QI-KU-MI	Ṣiduqi-kummi	Speculative
TI-TI-KU	tittuk(u) / tittōk	Candidate

Updated 24 October 2026