kinuḫi(ya)-
‘related to kinuḫ(i)-’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 1016
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
kinuḫi(ya)-
‘related to kinuḫ(i)-’1.1.1Transmission
The occurrences of the lexeme are restricted to NS inventory texts.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. c. | ki-nu-ḫi-iš | KBo 18.178 obv. 5’ | (CTH 250, NS) |
| KUB 42.58, 5’ | (CTH 250, NS) | ||
| ki-nu-ḫi-i[š] | KUB 42.11 ii 10’ | (CTH 241, NS) |
1.1.3Meaning
The word is attested as an attribute of GÍR ‘dagger’ and SAG.DU ‘head’ in inventory texts. Košak 1982a:37f. and Siegelová 1986a:400f. convincingly suggest that SAG.DU is an metonymical expression for the pommel of a dagger. Thus, the usage is parallel to that of kinuḫaimma/i-, obviously connected with kinuḫi(ya)-, and their meanings are probably very close or even identical.
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1.1.4Stem
Since kinuḫiš functions as an attribute to the preceding nouns (see also Siegelová 1986a:601) and shows agreement, it can therefore be safely classified as an adjective. A stem ending in the adjectival suffix -i(ya)- is the most straightforward assumption.
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1.1.5Origin
The assumption of a Luwian origin for this lexeme is based on that of its cognate kinuḫaimma/i-.
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