9-šu

‘nine times’

Language
Cuneiform Luwian
Grammar
adv
ID
2069

1. Individual Anatolian Languages

1.1 Cuneiform Luwian

9-šu

‘nine times’

1.1.1Transmission

The sole attestation of the numeral occurs in tiny ritual fragment.

[E.R.]

1.1.2Forms

adv.

9-šu

KUB 35.110, 10’

(CTH 765, NS)

1.1.3Graphic Features

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

[E.R.]

1.1.4Meaning

Although the context of the 2-šu 9-šu is broken off, the logographic spelling of the numeral and the well-known multiplicative suffix -šu ‘-times’ permit the semantic interpretation as ‘nine times’ (see CLL:298).

[E.R.]

1.1.5Stem

For the multiplicative suffix -šu, see under Meaning.

[E.R.]

For the lemma head seeCLuw. 9-u-.

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