# \*pVnVw/y-: 'turn oneself, go towards, in the direction of; turn smo., send, drive, let go'

> Proto-Semitic *pVnVw/y-, 'turn oneself, go towards, in the direction of; turn smo., send, drive, let go': reflexes in 19 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>) › [P](<https://linear-a.ai/wiki/semitic-roots/p/index.md>). Updated 2026-10-22.

## Root

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction | \*pVnVw/y- |
| Meaning | 'turn oneself, go towards, in the direction of; turn smo., send, drive, let go' |
| Basis | SED |
| SED | SEDonline semet 471 |

## Reflexes

| Language | Form | Sources | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | fnn \[-u-\] 'drive (camels)' (Lane 2446) | Lane 2446 |  |
| Soqotri | fini; fíni (SLOnline 3707) | SLOnline 3707 | gloss withheld |
| Akkadian | panû |  | gloss withheld |
| Tigre | fäna |  | gloss withheld |
| Mandaic Aramaic | pna |  | gloss withheld |
| Ugaritic | pn |  | gloss withheld |
| Geez | fnw, fǝno-t LGz 163 | LGz 163 | gloss withheld |
| Gurage | foňe |  | gloss withheld |
| Hebrew | pānā (HALOT 937) | HALOT 937 | gloss withheld |
| Amharic | fina |  | gloss withheld |
| Epigraphic South Arabian | fnwt (Sabaweb lemma 4107) | Sabaweb lemma 4107 | gloss withheld |
| Judaic Aramaic | pǝnī-t- |  | gloss withheld |
| Harari | -fōň \[LHar 63\] | LHar 63 | gloss withheld |
| Syrian Aramaic | pny 'turn toward, upon' (Payne Smith 450) | Payne Smith 450 |  |
| Gafat | fännä |  | gloss withheld |
| Tigrinya | fännäwä |  | gloss withheld |
| Amorite | pnj: jipannī, panijum (Gelb AS 21, 28) | Gelb AS 21 28 | gloss withheld |
| East Ethiopic | Sel. foňe, Wol. fone, Zwy. afoňī, Sel. yä---fono, Wol. fono (EDG 233 apud SEDonline 347) | EDG 233; SEDonline 347 | gloss withheld |
| Eblaitic | /p-n-w/y/: ti-bí-na-ù, i-ba-na, i-ba-na-a (Sanmartín GlOS 2, 130) | Sanmartín GlOS 2, 130 | gloss withheld |

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## Linked from

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

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