QA

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

Phonetic value

FieldValue
Value/qa/
Alternates/za/
Linear BB 16, value qa
Linear B UnicodeU+10023 LINEAR B SYLLABLE B016 QA
Neutralization classK

Alternate values

ValueEvidence
/za/shared with ZA in some analyses

Forms cited for the value

  • QA-PA₃ = kapu (Gordon: 'vessel')

Lexicon words written with this sign

WordProposed readingConfidence
*21F-RI-TU-QAha-ritūqaSpeculative
I-NA-JA-PA-QAhinna yapqaḥCandidate
I-QA-*118iqṭaʿSpeculative
JA-PA-QAyapqaḥCandidate
O-SU-QA-REʾō SukarCandidate
QA-*118qaṭṭ(u)Candidate
QA-*118-RA-REqaṭara(re)Probable
QA-*118-SAqaṭʿ-šaSpeculative
QA-*310-IqaynīProbable
QA-KI-SE-NU-TIKaki-šenni-tiSpeculative
QA-KU-REkakkarēSpeculative
QA-MI-*47-NA-RAqāmī šū-nāraSpeculative
QA-NEqanēCandidate
QA-NU-MAqanūmaCandidate
QA-PA₃qubaʿProbable
QA-QA-DAqaqqaduSpeculative
QA-QA-RUQaqqaruCandidate
QA-RA₂-WAqalwaSpeculative
QA-RE-TOqart-Candidate
QA-TI-DA-TEKati-tatiSpeculative
QA-TI-JUQātiluSpeculative
QA-TI-KIKattikeSpeculative
RO-QArōqaḥSpeculative
TI-DI-TE-QA-TItidī teqaʿtiSpeculative

Updated 24 October 2026

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Linear A Lexicon