ḫalpūt-
‘cowshed’
- Language
- Palaic
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 1116
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
ḫalpūt-
‘cowshed’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found within the festival for the Palaic pantheon.
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1.1.2Forms
| loc. sg. | ḫal-pu-˹ú-ta˺ | KUB 35.165 rev. 6’ | (CTH 751, OS or MS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
The ḫalpūt- refers to a place, where kuwāiš ‘cows, bulls’ are housed. In a comparative analysis with KUB 35.148 + KUB 7.57 iii 40, Sasseville 2019a:25 (and Sasseville & Yakubovich 2018a) shows that Pal. ḫalpūt- equates to Hitt. Ékizzumi-, which refers to a building, where bovine animals are kept. Thus, the meaning ‘cowshed’ is assigned to Pal. ḫalpūt-, pace Carruba 1972a:23f., 30.
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1.1.5Origin
A Hattic (vel sim.) origin has been posited for Hitt. GIŠḫalputi-, GIŠḫalputili- (also deified) and Pal. ḫalpūt-; cf. Carruba 1972a:23f., HED A-K:135, Soysal 2004a:143f., 438. The Hattic words (ka)ḫalwuuzzel (cultic object), (ka)ḫalputti and ḫalwuutte(l) are mentioned as the putative source of the borrowing, although their meanings are unknown. Carruba 1972a:23f., 30 compares the Palaic word with Hitt. GIŠḫalpūti-/ḫalmūti- and GIŠḫalpūtili-, which does not have a secured meaning so far (cf. HED A-K:135). Sasseville & Yakubovich 2018a:52f. (with further literature) argues for the same meaning as the one of Palaic ḫalpūt-, i.e. ‘cowshed’. Concerning the foreign origin, the suffixes seen in the Hittite and Palaic lexemes, i.e. -ūt-, -ili-, are genuine Anatolian, which casts doubts on the Hattic origin.
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