ḫuenḫuena-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Palaic
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 974
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Palaic
ḫuenḫuena-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This word is found on a Palaic fragment, which possibly belongs to the Old Hittite ritual for the disappearing deity (CTH 752).
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1.1.2Forms
| unknown | [ḫ]u-en-ḫu-e-na[(-) | KBo 14.110, 4’ | (CTH 754, OS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz. KBo 14.110 shows the same handwriting as KUB 32.117+ (CTH 752.A), which is why it is treated here as Old Script.
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1.1.4Meaning
Since the context is fragmentary no meaning can be suggested. However, it is worth comparing the reduplicated root ḫuen-ḫuen- with the one of Pal. ḫuwanḫuwani- ‘breasts, chest’.
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1.1.5Stem
Since it is not clear whether the word [ḫ]u-en-ḫu-e-na[(-) is complete or not, it is impossible to assign it to a particular stem class, neither nominal nor verbal.
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