kigga-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Palaic
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 2272
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
kigga-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a mythical passage pertaining to the festival for the Palaic pantheon.
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1.1.2Forms
| instr. | ki-ig-ga-an-ti | KUB 48.69, 4 | (CTH 754, NS) |
For the Palaic instrumental case in -nti, see Pal. kuwāpna-.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
The word kigganti denotes that with which one shall not let the bull go (?), which has been bound. The word kigga- is possibly cognate with Pal. kengali- (and Hitt. kingali-), which denotes some kind of instrument (see Košak 1982a:53). The sequence -gg- would have to be reconciled with -ng-, which is phonologically unproblematic, but lacks independent evidence.
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