# \*maṭnīʾ(at)-: 'provisions, supplies (military/administrative)'

> Proto-Semitic *maṭnīʾ(at)-, 'provisions, supplies (military/administrative)': reflexes in 1 language(s).

A page of the Linear A Lexicon's research wiki, in [Wiki](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/index.md>) › [Kaphtor Semitic Roots](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/index.md>) › [M](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/m/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*maṭnīʾ(at)- |
| Meaning | 'provisions, supplies (military/administrative)' |
| Basis | project |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canaanite | EA maṭniʾu / ma-aṭ-ni-a (EA 337; Moran 1992, 358) | Moran 1992, 358 | gloss withheld |

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

## Notes

Central vassal-logistics term in Amarna correspondence. Distinct from generic √n-t-n 'to give'—this is the specific nominal for troop provisions and palace-supplied commodities. Moran 1992, 358 n. 1 compares Phoenician mṭnʾ 'erected stele' (Krahmalkov 279), which stands in 3485 \*ṭnʾ 'to set up, erect (a monument)'.

## Linked from

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

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