/muKa-/, (URCEUS)mu-ka-
‘jug’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 2153
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/muKa-/, (URCEUS)mu-ka-
‘jug’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested twice in inscriptions from the Amuq, dating from to the late 10th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | /muKas/ | (URCEUS)mu-ka | ARSUZ 1, §5 (Amuq) |
| URCEUS-sa | ARSUZ 2, §5 (Amuq) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is tentative. Thus far, the word lacks etymological connections that could aid in the interpretation of the HLuw. spelling, and the word-medial velar is hence represented by the cover symbol /K/ until further evidence surfaces, determining its quality more precisely. In addition to that, Dinçol, Dinçol, Hawkins, Peker & Öztan 2015a:66 note that the signs at ARSUZ 1, §5 may perhaps require a different reading.
Even though use of the logogram URCEUS (sign *345) by itself is limited to the present lexeme, the sign has been known for a long time, because it is found in personal names and titles, see Laroche 1960c:183.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word is assigned based first and foremost on the use of the logogram URCEUS, which is very pictographic and resembles a jug or pitcher, and the contexts of attestation support the assignment. With the two ARSUZ inscriptions running parallel with minor differences, a citing of ARSUZ 1, §5 will suffice: a-wa/i OVIS(ANIMA) 20 PANIS-li-sa CRUS OVIS(ANIMA) 100 (URCEUS)mu-ka BONUS2.VITIS-mi-zi CRUS+RA/I, approx. /a=wa hawi … …-lis … hawi … muKas …-minzi …/, meaning ‘Twenty PANIS-li- breads stood for a sheep (and) one hundred jugs of BONUS2.VITIS- wine stood for a sheep’ (cf. Dinçol, Dinçol, Hawkins, Peker & Öztan 2015a:65)
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Largely unclear. The stem form used at ARSUZ 1, §5 appears to suggest an a-stem, but a fully inflected form would be needed to verify such a claim.
[AH.B.]