qanûm

Akkadian

Root
q-n-'
1 term

qanûm m (base qana or qanu, plural qanû m or qanâtum f) (from Old Assyrian/Old Babylonian on)

Cuneiform spellings
Logograms	Phonetic
𒄀 (GI) (plural) 𒄀𒄭𒀀 (GI.ḪI.A)	𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qa₂-nu-u₂-um) 𒂵𒉡𒌑 (qa₂-nu-u₂) 𒋡𒉡𒌑 (qa-nu-u₂) 𒂵𒉡𒌋 (qa₂-nu-u) (state construct) 𒋡𒀭 (qa-an)

→ 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: κᾰ́ννᾱ (kắnnā), κᾰ́ννη (kắnnē) — Ionic
- 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/)
  - → Kabyle: aɣanim (“reeds”)
  - → Tashelhit: aɣanim (“reeds”)
→ Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎐 (qn, “cane; arrow”)

“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

qanûm (G, i, durative iqanni, perfect iqtani, preterite iqni, imperative qini) (Old Assyrian, Old Babylonian, Mari, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian)

Forms with theme vowel "i" appear in Old Babylonian, those with "u" in Neo-Assyrian.

“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