𐤀𐤍𐤊

Moabite

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku.

Pronoun

𐤀𐤍𐤊 (ʾnk)

1. I
   • 840 BCE, Mesha Stele:

     𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤔𐤏 𐤟 𐤁𐤍 𐤟 𐤊𐤌𐤔 [...] 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤟 𐤌𐤀𐤁

     ʾnk mšʿ bn kmš [...] mlk mʾb

     I am Mesha son of Kemosh [...] king of Moab.

     (literally, “I [am] Mesha son [of] Kemosh [...] king [of] Moab”)

Phoenician

Alternative forms

• 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 (ʾnky) (plene spelling)
• 𐤀𐤍𐤉 (ʾny) (rare)

Etymology

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku. The second vowel seems to have been replaced by analogy with the form 𐤀𐤍𐤉 (ʾny /⁠ʾanī⁠/).

Pronoun

𐤀𐤍𐤊 (ʾnk /ʾanīki/)

1. I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
   • 5th century BCE, sarcophagus inscription of Tabnit of Sidon:

     𐤀𐤍𐤊 𐤕𐤁𐤍𐤕 𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤑𐤃𐤍𐤌 𐤁𐤍
     𐤀𐤔𐤌𐤍𐤏𐤆𐤓 𐤊𐤄𐤍 𐤏𐤔𐤕𐤓𐤕 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤑𐤃𐤍𐤌 𐤔𐤊𐤁 𐤁𐤀𐤓𐤍 𐤆

     ʾnk tbnt khn ʿštrt mlk ṣdnm bn
     ʾšmnʿzr khn ʿštrt mlk ṣdnm škb bʾrn z

     I, Tabnit, priest of Astarte, king of Sidon, the son
     of Eshmunazar, priest of Astarte, king of Sidon, am lying in this sarcophagus.

Descendants

• Punic: 𐤀𐤍𐤊 (ʾnk), 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 (ʾnky)

See also

Phoenician personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		𐤀𐤍𐤊 (ʾnk), 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉‎ (ʾnky‎), 𐤀𐤍𐤉‎ (ʾny‎)	𐤀𐤍𐤇𐤍 (ʾnḥn), 𐤍𐤇𐤍 (nḥn)
2nd person	m	𐤀𐤕 (ʾt)	𐤀𐤕𐤌 (ʾtm)
	f	𐤀𐤕 (ʾt)	not attested
3rd person	m	𐤄𐤀 (hʾ)	𐤄𐤌𐤕 (hmt)
	f	𐤄𐤀 (hʾ)	𐤄𐤌𐤕 (hmt)

References

• Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2001) A Phoenician-Punic Grammar, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 38–40

Punic

Etymology

From Phoenician 𐤀𐤍𐤊 (ʾnk), from Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku.

Pronunciation

• (6^th BCE Punic): IPA^(key): /ʔaniːkʰ(i)/
• (2^th BCE Late Punic): IPA^(key): /ʔaniːkʰ(i)/
• (2^th CE Neo-Punic): IPA^(key): /aniːkʰ(i)/

Pronoun

𐤀𐤍𐤊 (ʾnk)

1. I

Alternative forms

• 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 (ʾnky)
• anec
• anech
• anic

References

• Krahmalkov, Charles R. (2001) A Phoenician-Punic Grammar, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 38