𐤀𐤍𐤊

From Proto-Semitic *ʔanāku.

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 Mesha son Kemosh king Moab”)

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

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 The second vowel seems to have been replaced by analogy with the form 𐤀𐤍𐤉 (ʾny /⁠ʾanī⁠/).

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.

• Punic: 𐤀𐤍𐤊 (ʾnk), 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 (ʾnky)

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

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

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

𐤀𐤍𐤊 (ʾnk)

1. I

• 𐤀𐤍𐤊𐤉 (ʾnky)
• anec
• anech
• anic

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