awka(/i)-

This lexeme is found in a metrical inscription that has not been accurately dated.

[D.S.]

Gusmani 1964a:71 takes awkaν as accusative singular agreeing with ẽtamν ‘decree’, which is formally possible, although from a morphological viewpoint, awkaν could be neither an oxytone a-stem adjective nor a mutated stem adjective. Nonetheless, a substantive in apposition cannot be excluded. A different approach is adopted here, i.e. a genitive plural depending on ẽtamν, i.e. ‘the decree of the awkaν’.

[D.S.]

Gusmani 1964a:71 suggests the meaning ‘lawful, valid’ (followed by Shevoroshkin 1968c:66 n. 2 further comparing Hitt. au(š)-/uw-^(ḫi) ‘to see’), but this is just a guess. A translation of the passage can be found in Sasseville 2021a:288, although awkaν is left untranslated. It is overall agreed that awka- modifies a decree, but nothing else can be drawn from the context and, thus, a solid etymological approach would be helpful.

[D.S.]

The genitive plural form awkaν could belong to a barytone a-stem, i.e. awka-, or a mutated stem, i.e. awk(i)-. On the accentuation and phonology, see Eichner 1993a:117, Melchert 1994a:370. If the root is aw-, one could adduce the abstract suffix -oka-, i.e. *awoka- > (with accent shift and syncope) awka-.

[D.S.]

1. awkufo-^(d)

The etymological comparison offered by Shevoroshkin 1968c:66 n. 2 comparing Hitt. au(š)-/uw-^(ḫi) ‘to see’ is possible, but difficult to prove.

[D.S.]