This contribution will analyse the Hittite word ḫuntara-, both from the point of view of textual occurrence contexts and from an etymological one, to propose its connection with the Sumerogram ŠAḪ “pig”, whose Hittite counterpart has not yet been identified.

The name of the ‘pig’ in Hittite texts. Onomatopoeic ‘games’ in the Hittite language / Francia, Rita; Pozza, Marianna. - In: RES ANTIQUAE. - ISSN 1781-1317. - 21:(2024), pp. 247-262.

The name of the ‘pig’ in Hittite texts. Onomatopoeic ‘games’ in the Hittite language

Francia, Rita
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Pozza, Marianna
2024

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This contribution will analyse the Hittite word ḫuntara-, both from the point of view of textual occurrence contexts and from an etymological one, to propose its connection with the Sumerogram ŠAḪ “pig”, whose Hittite counterpart has not yet been identified.
2024
Hittite; etymology; sound-symbolism; onomatopoeia; sumerograms; semantics; Hitt. ḫuntara-; Sum. ŠAḪ
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The name of the ‘pig’ in Hittite texts. Onomatopoeic ‘games’ in the Hittite language / Francia, Rita; Pozza, Marianna. - In: RES ANTIQUAE. - ISSN 1781-1317. - 21:(2024), pp. 247-262.
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