dušḫa-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, common
- ID
- 1173
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
dušḫa-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
The lexeme is found only once in small NS fragment of a ritual within a mythological passage.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | du-uš-ḫa-aš | KUB 35.123 iv 5’ | (CTH 768, LNS) |
The form in -aš is compatible only with the nom. sg. c. of a non-mutated a-stem.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.
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1.1.4Meaning
Very little of the context is left (dP]irwa⟨š⟩ša aumma dušḫaš), before the sentence ends together with the paragraph. The position of the nom. sg. dušḫaš in sentence final position together with the lack of agreement with the nom./acc. pl. n. aumma forces to assume a nominal clause: “The seen (items/scenes) of Pirwa (are) a dušḫa-.” So far, no semantic interpretation has been offered (DLL:100, CLL:237), and there is no basis for an informed hypothesis.
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1.1.5Stem
The nom. sg. c. in -aš would be in accordance with the assumption that the word ends in the frequent abstract suffix -šḫa-.
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1.1.6Origin
No etymology possible.
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