/turuPi^?/, tu-ru-pi

Attested twice, this lexeme can be found on the remains of large pithoi from a pithos building in Altıntepe. The pithoi date to the 8th century BCE.

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/turuPi?/

tu-ru-pi

ALTINTEPE pithoi, pithos 1 & pithos 2 (Altıntepe)

The phonological interpretation of this lexeme is uncertain, because it is attested in a single location and has no evident cognate links to either other HLuw. words or to the other Anatolian languages. While the first part of the word seems clear enough, it cannot be said whether the bilabial plosive is fortis or lenis.

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Occurring together with other measurement terms, it is highly likely that this lexeme also represents such a term, not least because it is preceded by a number sign for ‘1’ in both cases. Like the other terms, its meaning is that of a volume measure term, but the quantity contained in that volume remains obscure. A different interpretation was first offered by Laroche 1971a:59, who analysed the form as a verb, 1. sg. prt ‘j’ai fixé’, but this is unlikely in light of the context and the updated readings.

[AH.B.]

Unclear. Similar to comparable Urartian contexts, it may be that the measure words are used in their stem forms only in this context (Hawkins, Morpurgo Davies & Neumann 1973a:11f.). Giusfredi 2012a:159 assumes a possible adaptation to HLuw. from what may have been an original Urartian *terubi.

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This lexeme may perhaps be a loanword from Urartian, because it co-occurs with the measure terms /turuza^?/ and /ahharku^?/, whose origin may be traced back to Urartian (Laroche 1971a:55-61; Hawkins, Morpurgo Davies & Neumann 1973a:11f.; Giusfredi 2012a:159).

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