𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅖

𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅖

Hittite

𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅖	The cuneiform characters Unicode displays by default do not accurately represent the original script. To view the correct characters install the correct fonts at www.hethport.uni-wuerzburg.de.

Alternative forms

• 𒌅𒍖𒍣𒀸

Etymology

Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂ (“the people; tribe”) with the semantic shift "people" → "army" → "camp". However that has been criticized as unlikely (the normal development would be "camp" → "army"). Kloekhorst argues that Hittite word can formally only reflect an i-stem tewt-i-, and finally endorses an alternative etymology proposed by Melchert, from *dʰh₁-uti-, a zero-grade derivative of *dʰeh₁- (“to do, put, place”) (whence also Hittite 𒁕𒀀𒄿 (dai, “to put, place”).)

This word is also attested in Akkadian texts as 𒌅𒊻𒍣𒉡 (tuzzinnum, “army”).

Noun

𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅖 • (tuzziš) c

1. army, military forces
2. military camp

Inflection

Broad transcription
i-stem noun
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	tuzziš	tuzziēš
	tut͡sis	tut͡sjɛs
accusative	tuzzin	tuzziuš
	tut͡sin	tut͡sjɔs
genitive	tuzzi(y)aš	tuzziyaš
	tut͡sijas	tut͡sijas
dative-locative	tuzziya, tuzzi	tuzziyaš
	tut͡sija, tut͡si	tut͡sijas
allative	tuzziya	–
	tut͡sija	–
ablative	tuzzi(y)az	tuzzi(y)az
	tut͡sijat͡s	tut͡sijat͡s
instrumental	tuzzit	tuzzit
	tut͡sitː	tut͡sitː
Neither the instrumental singular, nor the genitive and dative-locative plural are attested.

Cuneiform script
i-stem noun
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅖	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒂊𒌍
	tu-uz-zi-iš	tu-uz-zi-e-eš
accusative	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅔	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒍑
	tu-uz-zi-in	tu-uz-zi-uš
genitive	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅀𒀸, 𒌅𒊻𒍣𒀸	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅀𒀸, 𒌅𒊻𒍣𒀸
	tu-uz-zi-ya-aš, tu-uz-zi-aš	tu-uz-zi-ya-aš, tu-uz-zi-aš
dative-locative	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅀, 𒌅𒊻𒍣	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅀𒀸, 𒌅𒊻𒍣𒀸
	tu-uz-zi-ya, tu-uz-zi	tu-uz-zi-ya-aš, tu-uz-zi-aš
allative	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅀	–
	tu-uz-zi-ya	–
ablative	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅀𒊍, 𒌅𒊻𒍣𒀸	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅀𒊍, 𒌅𒊻𒍣𒀸
	tu-uz-zi-ya-az, tu-uz-zi-az	tu-uz-zi-ya-az, tu-uz-zi-az
instrumental	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒀉	𒌅𒊻𒍣𒀉
	tu-uz-zi-it	tu-uz-zi-it
Neither the instrumental singular, nor the genitive and dative-locative plural are attested.

Derived terms

• 𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅀𒀭𒍝 (tuzziyanz)
• 𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅀𒉡𒌦 (tuzziyanun)
• 𒃻𒌅𒊻𒍣𒅖 (^NINDAtuzziš)

References

• Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 908