Hittite dapi(a)-, dapit/d-, dapiant- ‘all, every, each; entire’: a logographic interpretation

Hungarian Assyriological Review, vol. 3, pp. 203–220

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'.

Authors 1

1. Alwin Kloekhorst corresponding Aachen

   Leiden University

   Affiliation as printed

   - Leiden University

   -Leiden University