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23 lemmas · 7 languages
geminateSecond and third consonants are identical (ḥ-b-b 'love'). Surface forms often show a doubled consonant (mediae geminatae).T Gen.1.7
Themes:pedestal·2stand·2base·2pill·2
POS shape:noun·15verb·6pron·1name·1
This root is attested across 7 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*k-n-nProto-Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Canaanite
Hebrewכַּןכ נ ן— pedestal, stand
Aramaic
Syriacܟܢܘܢܟ ܢ ܢ— construct state singular of ܟܢܘܢܐ
Assyrian NAܟܲܢܵܐܟ ܢ ܢ— support, socle, pedestal
Arabic
Arabicكَنَّك ن ن— to cover, to veil, to conceal, to hide
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Ge'ezከናኔዎንከ ነ ነ— the Canaanites
Amharicኪኒንከ ነ ነ— pill
Tigrinyaከኒናከ ነ ነ— pill
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Classical Syriac
syc · 6 lemmas- construct state singular of ܟܢܘܢܐ
- brazier, hearth, portable stoveFrom Aramaic כָּנוֹנָא (kānōnā), from Akkadian 𒆠𒉈 (KI.NE /kanūnu/)
- DecemberFrom Aramaic כנון א.
- JanuaryFrom Aramaic כנון ב.
- wrist, palm (of the hand), sole (of the foot)
- emphatic plural of ܟܢܘܢܬܐ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 1 lemma- support, socle, pedestalInherited from Aramaic כַּנָא (kannā). The chemistry sense is a Semantic loan from Arabic قَاعِدَة (qāʕida).
Hebrew
he · 4 lemmas- pedestal, stand
- A mount, a stand, a base: a thing used as a base.
- louse
- plural indefinite form of כינה / כִּנָּה (kiná)
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- to cover, to veil, to conceal, to hide
- verbal noun of كَنَّ (kanna) (form I)
- pavilion, penthouse, marquee
- you, your (feminine plural bound object pronoun)
Ge'ez
gez · 1 lemma- the Canaanites
Amharic
am · 2 lemmas- pill
- to condemn
Tigrinya
ti · 1 lemma- pill