Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/kawan-

This Proto-Semitic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Semitic

Verb

*kawan-

  1. be
  2. to exist in a place

Conjugation

Conjugation of *kawan- (paʕala)
verbal noun *kawn-
active participle *kāwin-
passive participle *kawīn-, *kawūn-
singular dual plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m *kawunku *kawunka *kawana *kawunkayā *kawunkā *kawanā *kawunna *kawunkanu *kawanū
f *kawunki *kawanat *kawanatā *kawunkina *kawunā
imperfect m *ʔakūn *takūn *yikūn *takūnā *yakūnā *nikūn *takūnū *yikūnū
f *takūnī *takūn *takūnā *takūnā *yikūnā
imperative m *kūn *kūnā *kūnū
f *kūnī *kūnā

Descendants

  • East Semitic:
    • Akkadian: 𒄀 (kânum)
  • West Semitic:
    • Central Semitic:
    • Ethiopian Semitic:
      • Ge'ez: ኮነ (konä)