*ḥḳn: 'to collect milk in a skin, churn'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*ḥḳn
Meaning	'to collect milk in a skin, churn'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	ḥaqana l-labana fī s-siqāʾi 'he collected the milk in the skin... he poured the milk into the skin that its butter might come forth' (Lane 612); miḥqan 'a skin in which milk is collected... that its butter may come forth' (Lane 613)	Lane 612; Lane 613
Geez	ḥaqʷana, ḥaqʷna; məḥqʷān (LGz. 240)	LGz. 240	gloss withheld
Tigre	(ʾat)ḥaqäna; ḥəqan (LGz. 240)	LGz. 240	gloss withheld
Tigrinya	ḥaqʷänä; ḥəqʷan (LGz. 240)	LGz. 240	gloss withheld

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Arabic ḥaqana is first 'to confine, retain' (Lane 612). Leslau sets Arabic ḥaqana 'churn' beside the Geez (LGz. 240). Not 3605 *mwṣ 'to churn'.

Updated 26 October 2026