*kwn: 'place, base, stand'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*kwn
Meaning	'place, base, stand'
Basis	project

Reflexes

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	makān (Lane 3004; HALOT 579)	Lane 3004; HALOT 579	gloss withheld
Hebrew	mākôn; mǝkônâ (HALOT 579)	HALOT 579	gloss withheld
Ugaritic	mknt (DULAT 537)	DULAT 537	gloss withheld
Phoenician	mkn (T 176)	T 176	gloss withheld
Punic	NPu. mʾkn (Krahmalkov 281)	Krahmalkov 281	gloss withheld
Judaic Aramaic	mǝkôntā (HALOT 579)	HALOT 579
Syrian Aramaic	mkūntā 'a base' (Payne Smith 271)	Payne Smith 271
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab mkwn (SD 80)	SD 80	gloss withheld
Amorite	makūn: ma-ku-na-tum (Sanmartín GlOS 1, 333)	Sanmartín GlOS 1, 333	gloss withheld
Akkadian	makānu (CAD M/1 125)	CAD M/1 125	gloss withheld

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Notes

Noun of S35 *kwn- 'to be firm, to be established'. Not 3498 *knn 'stand, base'.

Updated 26 October 2026

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