qanûm

== Akkadian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /qaˈnuːm/ === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== qanûm m (base qana or qanu, plural qanû m or qanâtum f) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on) (botany) reed, cane (weaponry) arrow (music) pipe (tool) measuring reed a unit of length equal to 6 cubits ===== Alternative forms ===== qanû (non-mimated) qanu'u ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Eblaite: 𒄀 (qanuwum, qanûm) → Aramaic: קַנְיָא / ܩܢܝܐ (qanyā) → Arabic: قَنَاة (qanāh) → Ethiopian: Ge'ez: ኵናት (kʷənat), ኲናት (kʷinat) Tigre: ኮናት (konat) Tigrinya: ኵናት (kʷənat) → Ancient Greek: κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă), κᾰ́ννη (kắnnē)→ Greek: κάννη (kánni)→ Latin: canna (see there for further descendants)⇒ Latin: *cannālis, canālis (see there for further descendants) → Mycenaean Greek: 𐀒𐀜𐀛𐀠 (ko-no-ni-pi /⁠konōni-pʰi⁠/) → Hebrew: קָנֶה (qɔnɛ́, “stem, reed, cane”)→ English: kaneh → Phoenician: *𐤒𐤍𐤀 (*qnʾ /⁠qanā⁠/) Punic: 𐤒𐤍𐤀 (qnʾ /⁠qanā⁠/)→ Proto-Berber:Kabyle: aɣanim (“reed”)Tashelhit: aɣanim (“reed”)Tarifit: ɣanim (“reed”) → Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎐 (qn /⁠qanû⁠/, “cane; arrow”) ==== References ==== “qanû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011 Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “qanû”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== qanûm (G, i, durative iqanni, perfect iqtani, preterite iqni, imperative qini) or qanûm (G, u, durative iqannu, perfect iqtanu, preterite iqnu, imperative qunu) (Old Assyrian, Old Babylonian, Mari, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian) to keep possession of (Neo-Assyrian) to acquire, buy ===== Usage notes ===== Forms with theme vowel "i" appear in Old Babylonian, those with "u" in Neo-Assyrian. ===== Alternative forms ===== qanû (non-mimated) qanā'u ==== References ==== “qanû”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎[2], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011 Black, Jeremy; George, Andrew; Postgate, Nicholas (2000), “qanû”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, via the electronic Babylonian Library