/kurkura(/i)-/, (CRUS2)ku+ra/i-ku+ra/i-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 3240
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/kurkura(/i)-/, (CRUS2)ku+ra/i-ku+ra/i-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Aleppo, possibly dating to the 11th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. c. | /kurkura/in/ | (CRUS2)ku+ra/i-ku+ra/i-na | ALEPPO 7, §16 (Aleppo) |
The form attested at ALEPPO 7, §16 is undoubtedly an acc. sg. c., but the part of speech cannot be determined; the word may be either an adjective or a noun. Also, the graphological interpretation is problematic insofar as only one horizontal leg is visible in the first sign. Yet given the direction of writing, the vertical leg should be visible on the preserved space if it was there, or a second horizontal leg. Contra the editio princeps (Hawkins 2011b:48), one should therefore read CRUS2 (sign *84) rather than CRUS.CRUS (*87). Hawkins 2011b:50 expresses doubt over whether it is a determinative or unconnected to the word /kurkura(/i)-/ and goes on to mention that this would be the earliest attestation of CRUS.CRUS as a determinative.
[AH.B.] [A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
For a lack of known cognates, the phonological interpretation of this word is provisional. The spelling can also be interpreted in other ways, e.g. /kur(r)ak(k)ur(r)a(/i)-/ or /kur(r)ik(k)ur(r)a(/i)-/, cf. also the discussion below
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Attested only once and in a severely fragmented inscription, this word has yet to be fixed with a meaning. Hawkins 2011b:46, 50 refrains from any semantic assignment. The clause it occurs in is too broken for an assessment.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
While clearly a common gender, the attested form does not permit a clear view of the stem-final vowel, which may be /a/ or follow an i-mutated pattern. The root syllable seems to be reduplicated, but future etymological links may falsify this impression.
[AH.B.]