ḫu(wa)ḫḫuršant(i)-
‘(part of the house)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3763
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
ḫu(wa)ḫḫuršant(i)-
‘(part of the house)’1.1.1Transmission
So far, the noun is attested only in the Ritual of Puriyanni against impurity of a house (from MS onwards).
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. pl. | [ḫ]u-wa-aḫ-ḫur-ša-an-ti-in-zi | KUB 35.54 ii 51’ | (CTH 758, MS) |
| ḫu-u-uḫ-ḫur-ša-a[n-t]i-in-zi | KUB 35.54 iii 27 | (CTH 758, MS) | |
| [ḫu-u]-uḫ-ḫur-ša-an-ti-in-zi | KUB 35.54 iii 36 | (CTH 758, MS) | |
| [ḫ]u-wa-ḫur-ša-an-ti-in-z[i] | KUB 35.53 iii 9’ | (CTH 758, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – The reading at KUB 35.53 iii 9’ follows Starke 1985b:64 against CLL:79 and DCL:s.v.
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1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
For the vacillation between -u- and -uwa-, see Melchert 2003b:183 and Yakubovich 2015b, § 5.2.1.
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1.1.4Meaning
No translation is offered in Otten 1953a:54, CLL:79, HHw:57, or Yakubovich & Mouton 2023a:6-11). Occurring in a list of house parts in variable order (household deities, wooden frame, ground, niche, hearth, threshold), the word must denote yet another part (Laroche 1954a:122, DLL:49, Meriggi 1957b:71f., DCL:s.v.). Laroche’s (Laroche 1954a:122, followed in HW:384) attempt to equate ḫu(wa)ḫḫuršant(i)- with Hitt. é.šà-nant- (tunnakišnant-) on account of the alleged parallelism with KUB 7.41 i 19 fails due to the obvious differences of the two lists. Meriggi 1957b:71f. tentatively matches ḫu(wa)ḫḫuršant(i)- with ḫalḫaltumari- ‘corner’, which finds at least minimal support in the reduplication and plural forms in both words, but definite proof is lacking.
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1.1.5Stem
The transparent stem formation permits an analysis as reduplication syllable ḫu(wa)- plus root -ḫḫurš- plus the polysemous suffix -ant(i)- (Laroche 1961b:59, HEG A-K:321).
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1.1.6Derivatives
- Ḫuwaḫḫuwaršantuwanta- ‘(epithet of) an oronym’ in Hittite transmission (Laroche 1961b:59,Imparati 1974a:80, HEG A-K:321, HW 2nd ed. Ḫ:796)