kūra(k)a-(di)
‘to cut (?)’
- Language
- Palaic
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 627
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
kūra(k)a-(di)
‘to cut (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is possibly attested on a fragment (KBo 37.134), which can be tentatively attributed to the Palaic language. It might also be attested on another fragment, which contains words uttered by the Old Woman, i.e. KBo 49.84+.
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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pret. ind. act.(?) | ku-ra-at[ | KBo 49.84, 2´ | (CTH 754, NS) |
| 3pl. pret. ind act.(?) | k]u?-ra-an-da | KBo 49.84, 4´ | (CTH 754, NS) |
| part. nom./acc. sg./pl. n.(?) | ku-ú!-ra-˹kán˺[-ta?] | KBo 37.134 rev.? 6’ | (CTH 754, NS) |
For the last attestation, if the restoration of [-ta] is correct, the word would be a participial form in the nom./acc. plural or singular neuter; cf. Pal. wa-ak-ka-kán-ta.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz.
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1.1.4Meaning
Due to the fragmentary state of the contexts, the following semantic assignment must be considered tentative. The root kūr- is equated here with the one of Hitt. kwēr-/kur-(mi) ‘to cut’. Therefore, the meaning ‘to cut (?)’ can be assigned provisionally.
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1.1.5Stem
If the interpretation of the forms in the table is correct, it is likely to represent a denominative in -a(g)a-(di) (or -a(k)a-(di)).
[D.S.]
For the lemma head see PAnat. *ku̯ér-/ku̯r-´ ‘to cut’.