purtaḫi-
‘impurity’
- Language
- Palaic
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3404
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
purtaḫi-
‘impurity’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in the festival incantations for the Palaic pantheon.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | pur-ta-ḫe-eš | KBo 19.153 iii 5’ | (CTH 751, NS) |
| pur-ta-ḫi-iš | KBo 19.153 iii 17’ | (CTH 751, NS) | |
| ˹pur˺-ta-ḫi-iš | KBo 19.154, 9’ | (CTH 751, MS?) | |
| [pur-t]aḫ-ḫi-iš | KBo 19.152 i 10’ | (CTH 751, MS) |
These words were interpreted rightly as nominal forms by Watkins 1978a:308f., contra Carruba 1970a:53, Carruba 1972a:42.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
The Palaic word purtaḫi- refers to something negative that the ram and the bull that are about to be sacrificed to the Palaic pantheon do not have. Sasseville 2019a:24 and Sasseville & Yakubovich 2018a:48 n. 5 suggest a convincing etymological connection with Luwian paratta- n. ‘impurity (vel sim.). Therefore, purtaḫi- c. can be translated as ‘impurity’.
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1.1.5Stem
For the suffix -aḫi- c., see Watkins 1975a:365 and Sasseville 2021a:213f.
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