qanûm

• (Old Babylonian) IPA^(key): /qaˈnuːm/

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

1. (botany) reed, cane
2. (weapon) arrow
3. (music) pipe
4. (tool) measuring reed
5. a unit of length equal to 6 cubits

• qanû (non-mimated form)

• → 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 (kánnā), 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 (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”)