כונא

כונא
כַּוְנָאor כּוּנָא m. (v. כַּוָּוא; cmp. חוֹפֶן a. כַּף) the hollow of the hand, handful (as a measure), spoonful (mostly in medicine; cmp. Lat. coclear). (Editions, except ed. Sonc., have ב׳, Ar. a. Mss. כ׳, v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. c. infra. Sabb.110b כ׳ דכמונאוכ׳ (Ms. M. כי׳) one handful of cumin-seed, and one of Gitt.70a כ׳ דחמראוכ׳ a spoonful of old wine.Pl. כַּוְנֵי or כּוּנֵי. Erub.29b (ed. Sonc. כַּוְונֵי, v. Rabb. R. S. a. l. note). Gitt.69a ed. כ׳. Ib.b (ed. ב׳).

Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature. . 1903.

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