nadi

This word occurs in various Palaic texts.

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indecl.	[n]a-di-i-eº[ … ]	KBo 19.155 19’	(CTH 751, MS)
	na-ti	KUB 35.167 17’	(CTH 751, MS?)
	[n]a-di	KBo 19.155 22’	(CTH 751, MS)
	na-di	KUB 19.156 ii 6	(CTH 752, OS)
	na-di	KUB 19.156 ii 6	(CTH 752, OS)
	na-di	KUB 19.156 ii 4	(CTH 752, OS)

The word nadi occurs at the beginning of a sentence and is always followed by a particle chain. Kammenhuber 1959a:62 sees the word nadi (or in this case nati) also in the sequence ku-in-na-ti-pi-ia-an (e.g. KUB 32.16 6’), although the context is not understood, and it therefore remains very tentative.

[D.S.]

Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz.

[D.S.]

All examples listed in the table are found in fragmentary contexts, which hinder any reliable interpretation; cf. Carruba 1970a:65. Yakubovich (pers. comm.) suggests that nadi is a disjunction with the meaning ‘or’. He refers to the passage of KBo 8.74+ ii 4-7, where nadi is used in subsequent clauses, i.e. nati … nati … ‘either… or…’,  comparing the following Hittite passage ii 9-14, where the disjunction naššu is used. Unfortunately, the comparison of the two passages proves difficult, since the Hittite ritualistic action occurs on the second day, while the Palaic one occurs on the first day. In spite of that, his hypothesis concerning nadi may still be correct, although the fragmentary state of the contexts forestalls verification.

[D.S.]

Pace HEG N:283, a connection to CLuw. nad(i)- ‘reed’ is not likely, since Pal. nadi is most certainly a conjunction or a disjunction. No etymology possible.

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