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kn, kˀnˀ (kan, kannā) n.m./f. stem, base
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stem, stalk
Syr, JBAg, Man
P Ex9:31↗ ܕܣܥܪ̈ܐ ܡ̈ܚ݂ܝ ܟܢܐ‏ ; P Is17:6↗ ܒܪܝܫ ܟܢܐ‏ ; TGHark(1) 209.1.15↗ מקוטפיה ידיע ואית דגארסי מכניה ידיע‏ : (the בוצינא gourd plant) is recognizable from the way it is plucked off, while some teach it is recognizable from its stalk
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tube
Gal
VR 251:1(5)↗ הב כאנא בהדין נוקבא‏ : place a tube in that hole
2
base
Qumran, Sam, Syr, LJLA
SamTgJ Ex30:18↗ ותעבד כיור נחש וכנה נחש‏ ; P Ex30:18↗ ܥܒ݁ܕ ܠܩܢܐ ܕܢܚܫܐ ܘܟܢܗ݀ ܕܢܚܫܐ‏ : make a bronze basin and its base of bronze ; CTLevi ar b D.8↗ ובתר צוארה ידוהי ובתר ידוהי ניעא עם כן דפנא‏ : after its neck its arms and after its arms the breast with the base of the side
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geom: either end of a cylinder
Syr
BHads 7:20↗ ܡܲܕܪܘܽܢܼܝܬܵܐ ܐܝܬܝܗ ܐܣܟܼܝܡܐ ܡܓܲܫܡܐ ܕܚܒܝܫ ܒܝܬ ܬܪܝܢ ܚܘܕܪ̈ܐ ܫܘ̈ܝܐ ܪܲܪ̈ܲܠܠܝܠܘ ܕܟܲܢܸܝ̈ܗ ܐܢܘܢ‏ : a cylinder is a solid shape enclosed between two equally-sized and parallel circles that constitute its bases
3
source, (original) position
JBA, Man
BT Ker 3b(31) var.↗ תנא יתהון בבונכיהון"בכנ{ה}יהון"‏ : 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
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originating collection
Man
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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
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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?
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LS2 v: ܟܲܢܵܐ‏, Mand: kana
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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.
Page refs. in other dictionaries: LS2: 632[333]DJPA: 263aDJBA: 587aJastrow: 648Drower/Macuch: 198aJ. Payne-Smith: 217Tal Sam: 396Audo: 1:468

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