𐤒𐤍𐤀

Punic

Etymology

From Akkadian 𒄀 (qanûm, “reed”).

Pronunciation

• (6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /kʼanaː/
• (2^nd BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /kʼanaː/
• (2^nd CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /kʼanoː/

Noun

𐤒𐤍𐤀 (qnʾ /qanā/) f

1. cane, reed
   • CIS 3889 (in Part I. Tome III, first fascicle)

     𐤐𐤕𐤓𐤀 𐤌𐤊𐤓 𐤄𐤒𐤍𐤀

     ptrʾ mkr hqnʾ

     PTRʾ, seller of reed.

Descendants

• → Kabyle: aɣanim (“reeds”)
• → Tashelhit: aɣanim (“reeds”)

References

• Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2000) Phoenician-Punic Dictionary (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; 90), Leuven: Uitgeverij Peeters en Departement Oosterse Studies Leuven, →ISBN, page 427, but he gives the noun contrary to the cognates as masculine and translates as a plural.