ašḫa-

The lexeme is attested twice in a ritual fragment.

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nom./acc. pl. n.

aš-ḫa

KUB 35.113, 4’, 5’

(CTH 754, NS)

Checked against the photograph of Konkordanz.

[E.R.]

CLuw. ašḫa is attested twice as a direct object of a verb nūtu- of unknown meaning (see under Lemma nūtu-). Contra Otten 1953a:37 n. 53, Melchert 1993g:36 suggested that the word belongs to CLuw. āšḫar/n- ‘blood, blood-deed’. He did not comment on the unparalleled loss of final -r, but it is a strong enough reason to refrain from the identification. Hence, no semantic assignment is possible.

[E.R.]

The (nom./)acc. pl. n. in -a is compatible with a neuter thematic noun or a substantivized mutated adjective.

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