𒃻𒀸

Hittite

Noun

𒃻𒀸 • (NINDA-aš /zūwaš/)

1. bread
   • Said to be part of the first Hittite sentence translated by Hrozný:

     𒉡 𒃻𒀭 𒂊𒄑𒍝𒀜𒋼𒉌 𒉿𒀀𒋻𒈠 𒂊𒆪𒌓𒋼𒉌

     nu NINDA-an e-ez-za-at-te-ni wa-a-tar-ma e-ku-ut-te-ni.

     [now] bread you shall eat, and water you shall drink.

Declension

Broad transcription
a-stem noun¹
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	zūwaš	zūweš, zūwiš
vocative	zūwi, zūwa	–
accusative	zūwan	zūwuš
genitive	zūwaš	zūwaš, zūwan²
dative-locative	zūwi	zūwaš
allative	zūwa	–
ablative	zūwaz(a)	zūwaz(a)
instrumental	zūwit	zūwit
1. The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension. 2. Only in Old Hittite.

Cuneiform script
a-stem noun
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	𒃻𒀸	𒃻𒌍, 𒃻𒅖
	NINDA-aš	NINDA-eš, NINDA-iš
vocative	𒃻𒀀, 𒃻𒄿	–
	NINDA-a, NINDA-i
accusative	𒃻𒀭	𒃻𒍑
	NINDA-an	NINDA-uš
genitive	𒃻𒀸	𒃻𒀸, 𒃻𒀭
	NINDA-aš	NINDA-aš, NINDA-an
dative-locative	𒃻𒄿	𒃻𒀸
	NINDA-i	NINDA-aš
allative	𒃻𒀀	–
	NINDA-a
ablative	𒃻𒊍	𒃻𒊍
	NINDA-az	NINDA-az
instrumental	𒃻𒀉	𒃻𒀉
	NINDA-it	NINDA-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