# \*kawdan-: 'mule'

> Proto-Semitic *kawdan-, 'mule': reflexes in 11 language(s).

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## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*kawdan- |
| Meaning | 'mule' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 2450 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | kawdan-, kawdaniyy- \[BK 2 876\], \[LA XIII 356\], \[WKAS k 87\]. | BK 2 876; LA XIII 356; WKAS k 87 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | kūdanu (kūdannu) OAkk. on \[CAD k 491\], \[AHw. 498\] | CAD k 491; AHw. 498 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | gú-da-núm /kūdanum/ = ANS̆E.EDEN \[MEE 4 038\].; gú-da-núm /kūdan/ (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 329) | MEE 4 038; Sanmartín GlOS 1, 329 | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | kudana, kdana \[DM 203, 205\]. | DM 203, 205 | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | kdnt \[DULAT 427\] | DULAT 427 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | kūdǝnā (pl. kūdanyān, kūdanwān) 'mule' \[Ja. 617\], \[Levy WT I 355\], \[Levy WTM II 297\] | Ja. 617; Levy WT I 355; Levy WTM II 297 |  |
| Syrian Aramaic | kūdanyā, kūdǝnā (pl. kūdnǝwātā) 'mule', kūdantā 'mule (female)' \[Brock. 318-9\], \[PS 1680\]. | Brock. 318-9; PS 1680 |  |
| Aramaic | Off. kwdn \[HJ 492\]. Plm. kwdn \[HJ 492\]. | HJ 492 | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | Cf. mäkada (LH 134) | LH 134 | gloss withheld |
| Modern Aramaic | Hrt. kodenna, Jil. kawunna, Krd. kawɨḏna, NSyr. kâ-widnâ, kâ-winâ, kûdhanyâ, Azr. kodinta, JNA kawḏinta, Tlk. kawɨnna, Ass. koḏinta, Tur. kūdanyo (SED II 170) | SED II 170 |  |
| Amorite | kūdan, kudunn, kudinna (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 329) | Sanmartín GlOS 1, 329 | gloss withheld |

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## Notes

Krebernik 1983, 23 n. 78 takes Arab. kawdan(ī) as secondary, reaching Arabic through Syr. kōdnā, kōdanyā from Akkadian.

## Linked from

- [K](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/k/index.md>)

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