Hittite dapi(a)-, dapit/d-, dapiant- ‘all, every, each; entire’: a logographic interpretation
Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: This article discusses the problematic aspects of the synchronic and diachronic interpretation of Hittite dapi(a)-, dapit/d-, dapiant-'all, every, each; entire'.It will be argued that earlier treatments of these words, including ones that propose Luwian origins for them, cannot explain these problems.Instead, a new, Hittite-internal analysis of these words is presented which states that they in fact contain a logogram, DA.BI, and actually are logographic renderings (DA.BI(-a)-, DA.BI-t/d-, DA.BI-ant-) of Hitt.ḫūmant-'all, every, each; entire'.
Source: Hungarian Assyriological Review
Author: Alwin Kloekhorst
Institution: Leiden University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4391700890