qanûm

Akkadian

Alternative forms

qanû (non-mimated form)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qaˈnuːm/

Noun

qanûm m (base qana or qanu, plural qanû m or qanâtum f)

(botany) reed, cane
(weapon) arrow
(music) pipe
(tool) measuring reed
a unit of length equal to 6 cubits

Sumerograms

This word can be written with the following Sumerograms:

𒄀 (GI)

Phonetic cuneiform spelling

𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qa₂-nu-u₂-um)

𒂵𒉡𒌑 (qa₂-nu-u₂)

𒋡𒉡𒌑 (qa-nu-u₂)

𒂵𒉡𒌋 (qa₂-nu-u)

𒋡𒀭 (qa-an) (status constructus)

Descendants

→ Aramaic: קַנְיָא‎ / ܩܢܝܐ‎ (qanyā)
- → Arabic: قَنَاة‎ (qanāh)
→ Ethiopian:
- Ge'ez: ኵናት (kʷənat), ኲናት (kʷinat)
- Tigre: ኮናት (konat)
- Tigrinya: ኵናት (kʷənat)
→ Ancient Greek: κάννα (kánna), κᾰ́ννη (kánnē)
- 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 (qānḗ, “stem, reed, cane”)
→ Phoenician: *𐤒𐤍𐤀 (*qnʾ /qanā/)
- Punic: 𐤒𐤍𐤀‎ (qnʾ /qanā/)
→ Ugaritic: 𐎖𐎐 (qn, “cane; arrow”)

Related terms

qan ṭuppim

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