Name of thrones?
This article deals with the etymology of the Hattic throne-goddess d Ḫanwa a šuit and the functions of the Hattic case ending with -(V)n . Usually, this case marks a noun for the genitive case in a phrase with two nouns N 1 - (V)n N 2 . In the Hattic corpus, there are nouns ending with -(V)n without...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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2018
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| In: |
Altorientalische Forschungen
Year: 2018, Volume: 45, Issue: 1, Pages: 36-41 |
| Further subjects: | B
Hanwasuit
B Hattic B Halmasuit |
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| Summary: | This article deals with the etymology of the Hattic throne-goddess d Ḫanwa a šuit and the functions of the Hattic case ending with -(V)n . Usually, this case marks a noun for the genitive case in a phrase with two nouns N 1 - (V)n N 2 . In the Hattic corpus, there are nouns ending with -(V)n without having a second noun (N 2 ) next to it ( free n-case ). This paper provides examples of free n-case words with possessive meanings, e. g. takeha=un „the lion’s one“ or wur=un „the country’s (people)“. A free n-case word is a denominal noun which is comparable with a possessive noun or a nominalized adjective. It is shown that the Hattic word for throne was not ḫanwa a šuit but ḫanwa a šuittun „ d Ḫanwa a šuit ’s (throne)“. The goddess d Ḫanwa a šuit seems to be a tutelary deity (hattic d Wa a šul , fem. * d Wa a šuit ) and her name is probably related to (d) ḫanwa a šu(i)sin(u) meaning aššu- „good“. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-6761 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Altorientalische Forschungen
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/aofo-2018-0003 |