kulli(t)-
‘(a vessel)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, n.
- ID
- 3171
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
kulli(t)-
‘(a vessel)’1.1.1Transmission
All occurrences of the noun come from the enthronement ritual for Teššub and Ḫebat, a text with a strong Kizzuwatnean affinity.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. | [DUGgu]l-li-ša | KBo 10.34 i 28 | (CTH 700, NS) |
| DUGgul-li-ša | KBo 10.34 i 28 | (CTH 700, NS) | |
| nom./acc. pl. | DUGku-ul-li-ta | KBo 10.34 i 27 | (CTH 700, NS) |
| Bo 4999 iv 6 | (CTH 700, NS) | ||
| dat./loc. pl. (Hitt.) | DUGku-ul-li-ta-aš | Bo 4999 iv 8 | (CTH 700, NS) |
| unclear | DUGku-ul-li-ta-aš | KBo 43.202 iii 5 | (CTH 700, NS) |
The attestation at KBo 23.28+ i 47 cited by Ünal 2007a:359 is not acceptable. The traces of the word point to ]x-li-ša-aš, which would be incompatible with the present lexeme.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – Contra Starke 1990a:208, the traces of the first sign in line i 28 of KBo 10.34 point to -gu]l-, instead of -u]l-.
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1.1.4Meaning
The use of the determinative DUG indicates that kulli(t)- denotes a type of vessel (HW:400, HEG A-K:624, Starke 1990a:208, CLL:106, HHw:83, Ünal 2007a:359). In KBo 10.34 i 28, its use for honey and oil is mentioned.
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1.1.5Stem
Starke 1990a:208 was the first to offer the morphological analysis now accepted. The Luwian stem DUGkulli(t)- shows the neuter nom./acc. sg. with secondary ending, whereas the stem in -t- provides the base for other case forms including the Hittite stem kullita- (see also HHw:83, CLL:106, HEG A-K:624, HED K:239).
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1.1.6Origin
On account of the inflectional properties (see under Forms and Stem), a Luwian borrowing into Hittite was assumed by Starke 1990a: 208, CLL:106, HHw:83, Melchert 2005a:452, and van den Hout 2006a:250, but an ultimately Hurrian origin has also been proposed (Kronasser 1966a:58, 190 followed in HEG A-K:624, HED K:239).
[E.R.]
For the lemma head see CLuw. *gull-.