𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸
Hittite
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos.
Noun
𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸 • (walkuwaš)
- something negative?
- One of the only two attestations of this word:
- 𒊩𒈗 𒌷𒅗𒉌𒅖 𒄀 𒌉𒈨𒌍 𒁹𒂗 𒈬𒀭𒋾 𒄩𒀀𒀸𒋫 𒌝𒈠 𒅆𒈠 [𒆠]𒄿𒉿 𒆪𒀉 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒀭 𒄩𒀀𒀸𒄷𒌦
- MUNUS.LUGAL URUNeša 30 DUMUMEŠ 1EN MU-an-ti ha-a-aš-ta UM-MA ŠI=MA [ki]-i=wa ku-it wa-al-ku-an ha-a-aš-hu-un
- The Queen of Kaniš bore thirty sons within one year. She (speaks) thus: "What kind of walkua did I give birth to?"
- One of the only two attestations of this word:
Declension
| Broad transcription | ||
|---|---|---|
| a-stem noun | ||
| Common gender | Singular | Plural |
| nominative | walkuwaš | walkuweš, walkuwiš |
| wĺ̩kːʷas | wĺ̩kːʷɛs, wĺ̩kːʷis | |
| vocative | walkuwi, walkuwa | – |
| wĺ̩kːʷi, wĺ̩kːʷa | – | |
| accusative | walkuwan | walkuwuš |
| wĺ̩kːʷan | wĺ̩kːʷɔs | |
| genitive | walkuwaš | walkuwaš, walkuwan |
| wĺ̩kːʷas | wĺ̩kːʷas, wĺ̩kːʷan | |
| dative-locative | walkuwi | walkuwaš |
| wĺ̩kːʷi | wĺ̩kːʷas | |
| allative | walkuwa | – |
| wĺ̩kːʷa | – | |
| ablative | walkuwaz(a) | walkuwaz(a) |
| wĺ̩kːʷat͡s | wĺ̩kːʷat͡s | |
| instrumental | walkuwit | walkuwit |
| wĺ̩kːʷitː | wĺ̩kːʷitː | |
| The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension | ||
| Cuneiform script | ||
|---|---|---|
| a-stem noun | ||
| Common gender | Singular | Plural |
| nominative | 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸 | 𒉿𒀠𒆪we𒌍, 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒃾𒅖 |
| wa-al-ku-wa-aš | wa-al-ku-we-eš, wa-al-ku-wi-iš | |
| vocative | 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿, 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒃾 | – |
| wa-al-ku-wa, wa-al-ku-wi | – | |
| accusative | 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀭 | 𒉿𒀠𒆪wu𒍑 |
| wa-al-ku-wa-an | wa-al-ku-wu-uš | |
| genitive | 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸 | 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸, 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀭 |
| wa-al-ku-wa-aš | wa-al-ku-wa-aš, wa-al-ku-wa-an | |
| dative-locative | 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒃾 | 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸 |
| wa-al-ku-wi | wa-al-ku-wa-aš | |
| allative | 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿 | – |
| wa-al-ku-wa | – | |
| ablative | 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒊍 | 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒊍 |
| wa-al-ku-wa-az | wa-al-ku-wa-az | |
| instrumental | 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒃾𒀉 | 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒃾𒀉 |
| wa-al-ku-wi-it | wa-al-ku-wi-it | |
| More than one syllabification is possible. For more information see Wiktionary:Hittite transliteration | ||
References
- Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1089