naḫḫir
‘(unknwon)’
- Language
- Palaic
- Class
- Base
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 481
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
naḫḫir
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This word is found in the Palaic ritual for the disappearing deity.
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1.1.2Forms
| 3pl. pret. ind. act. | na-aḫ-ḫi-ir | KUB 35.164 ii 13’ | (CTH 752, MS) |
Due to the fragmentary state of the context and the lack of certainty regarding the ending -ir, the grammatical assignment must be considered tentative; cf. Kammenhuber 1959a:25, Melchert 1994a:225.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photograph of the Konkordanz.
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1.1.4Meaning
No meaning has been suggested in the literature; cf. Carruba 1970a:64. It is tempting to connect it etymologically with the Hittite verb nāḫ-/naḫḫ-(ḫi) ‘to fear’, but, since the context is fragmentary, it cannot be contextually supported and best left aside.
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1.1.5Origin
No etymology possible.
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