BT Ker 3b(31) var.↗תנא יתהון בבונכיהון"בכנ{ה}יהון"tnˀ ythwn bbwnkyhwn"bkn{h}yhwn"ܬܢܐ ܝܬܗܘܢ ܒܒܘܢܟܝܗܘܢ"ܒܟܢ{ܗ}ܝܗܘܢ"ܬܢܐ ܝܬܗܘܢ ܒܒܘܢܟܝܗܘܢ"ܒܟܢ{ܗ}ܝܗܘܢ"tnˀ ythwn bbwnkyhwn"bkn{h}yhwn"תנא יתהון בבונכיהון"בכנ{ה}יהון"ܬܢܐ ܝܬܗܘܢ ܒܒܘܢܟܝܗܘܢ"ܒܟܢ{ܗ}ܝܗܘܢ"ܬܢܐ ܝܬܗܘܢ ܒܒܘܢܟܝܗܘܢ"ܒܟܢ{ܗ}ܝܗܘܢ": he learned them in their original positions (in the tractates);GY 3:12↗kana ḏkulhun nahiria uaba ḏkulhun ˁutria: origin of all the light-beings and father of all the uthras
(1)
originating collection
Man
(1)
kana (ḏnišmata) the other-worldly community of souls
Man
JohnBook 51:4↗kḏ bkana huat iatba la hamima ulaqarira lnišimta: when it was dwelling in the kana there was no being hot or being cold for the soul
(2)
hamar kana : the original source (i.e., vine) of wine
Man
JohnBook 2:10↗hamar kana umambuga ḏšanai mn almia mna hua: whence the original wine and spring remote from the worlds?
See also note s.v. knt #2 n. A connection with kn n.m.#2 and its Mesopotamian origin is uncertain but has been proposed; see Lidzbarski, Johannesbuch pp. 4n.
The JPA example of ‘tube’ may belong rather with #2.