kuena-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Palaic
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 1775
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
kuena-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found on a fragment attributed here to the Palaic language with a content resembling the Luwian song of growth of CTH 752.
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1.1.2Forms
| gen. adj. nom./acc. sg. n. (?) | ku-u-e-na-˹ša˺-[an | ABoT 2.259, 3’ | (CTH 754, NS) |
1.1.3Meaning
The fragmentary context does not allow for much certainty about anything regarding the word listed in the table above. A genitival adjective ending in -an is likely based on the parallel construction in the other lines of the fragment. It can be formally compared to CLuw. kuinnašša-, found in the song of growth performed at the end of the ritual of CTH 752. The single -n- of Pal. kuena- would be compatible with the geminate -nn- in the Luwian word under the effect of Čop’s Law. The meaning of either two remains however obscure.
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1.1.4Origin
No etymology possible.
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