Appendix:Hurro-Urartian word lists

Hurro-Urartian word lists from Kassian (2010) are given below.[1]

Hurrian edit

Hurrian word list from Kassian (2010):[1]

Gloss Hurrian
‘to drink’ al-
‘to be marvelous (?)’ alš-
‘to speak’ al=u-
‘to burn’ am-, am=b-
‘to look’ am-
‘to arrive’ amm-
‘that’ ani
‘this’ an=ni
‘this’ an=di
‘what?’, awi ‘who?’ aw-
‘far (?)’ awattu-
‘louse’ aphe
‘face; in front of’ awi, aye
‘snake’ apši
‘to give’ ar-
‘to eat (?)’ aš-
‘to wash’ ašš-
‘skin’ ašhe
‘fat’ aše
‘woman’ ašti, ašta
‘small’ hayani
‘to give birth’, hāni ‘child’ han-
‘to go forward’ hab-
‘road’ hari
‘to hear’ haš-
‘to oil’, haš=ar=i ‘oil’ haš-
‘inner ear’ hazzizzi
‘all’ heyari
‘to say’ hil-, hill-
‘biceps / upper arm’ herari
‘smoke’ hiuri
‘incense burner’ hubr=ušhi
‘lap, crotch’ huri
‘(to move?)’ / ‘to be worth (?)’ i-
‘what’ iya
‘pure’ eg=ušši
‘inside, interior’ egi
‘star (?)’ ilziri
‘bird’ eradi
‘dog’ erwi, erbi
‘tongue’ irde
‘I’ iš- / šu-
‘earth’ eše
‘rain’ išena
‘to go’ itt-
‘body’ edi
‘not’ =kkV=
‘small (?)’ kalgi
‘(anatomic term)’ karši
‘to pronounce’ kad-
‘three’ kig-
‘long’ keri, ker=ašši
‘to pronounce’ kul-
‘moon’ kušuh
‘neck’ kudu=ni
‘?’ leli hašari
‘a k. of barbarians’ lulahhi
‘not’ =ma, =mma
‘to kill (?)’ mar=al-
‘to go stand’ meh-
‘to sit’ nahh-
‘chair’ nahh=idi, nahh=u=the
‘breast’ neher=ni
‘thin’ nigale
‘good’ niri
‘ear’ nui, nuhi
‘head’ pahi
‘good’ wahri, wahr=uši
‘to know’ pal-
‘?’ wali, weli
‘mountainous pabanhi, pabahhi
‘mountain’ pab=ni, pab=a=ni
‘to take the road’ far=iš-
‘mouth’ faši
‘dowry’ / ‘plentiful (?)’ waduranni
‘thou’ fe-
‘nose’ punhi, puhhi
‘to see’ fur-
‘a look’ furi
‘to listen’ šalh-
‘daughter’ šali
‘to burn (?)’ šalm-
‘ashes’ šal=mi
‘year’ šawali
‘sun-disk (?)’ šapši
‘great’ šawoši
‘we’ ša=tti(=lla), šie=š-, ša=š-
‘to be small (?)’, šiu ‘small (?)’ ši-
‘eye’ ši, šihi
‘to go in’ šehl-
‘sun’ šimigi
‘two’ šini
‘thou’ šiniam ~ šinibi
‘exhausted’ šib=a
‘water’ šiwe, šiye
‘tooth’ šeri, šir=ni
‘six’ šeše
‘to fatten’ šed=u-
‘young girl’ šid=u=ri
‘new’ šuhe
‘all’ šue, šua=nna, šua=lla
‘one’ šukki, šukku
‘charcoal’ šulli
‘to assemble (?)’ šumm-
‘all’ šummi
‘hand’ šu=ni, šummu=ni
‘to slaughter’ šur-
‘man’ tahe, tae
‘tree’ tali
‘big’ tal=mi, tal=a=mi
‘flea’ tame
‘merchant’ tamgari
? dtap-ki-in-na
‘fire’ tari
‘person’ taršuwa=ni
‘to be many’, te=a ‘numerous’, te=u=na(i) ‘many’ te-
‘to cry (?)’ ti-
‘black; dark’ time=ri, tima=ri
‘to pronounce’ tiw-
‘word; name’ tiwe, tiye
‘heart’ tiša
‘very’ tiššan
‘?’ tupki
‘male’ tur=u=hhi
‘not’ =u=, =wa=, =we=, =o=, =u=d=
‘no!’ u=ya
‘leg of the table’ ugri-
‘to eat’ ul-
‘to be near (?)’ ul=uh-
‘land’ umi=ni
‘moon (?)’ umbu
‘to come’ un-
‘foot’ uri, ur=ni
‘liver’ ur=mi
‘to slaughter’ urb-, uw-
‘to go’ ušš-
‘meat’ uzi
‘lap, crotch’ ziyan=ni
‘female breast’ zizzi
‘cruche’ zizzuhi
‘small’ zugi
‘blood’ zur=gi
‘star (?)’ zuzuhe
‘many’ […]ši
‘star’ MUL-hi-

Basic vocabulary list edit

A basic vocabulary list of Hurrian from Kassian (2014) is given below.[2] Kassian (2014) uses a 110-item wordlist from the Global Lexicostatistical Database, which consists of which consists of 100 Swadesh list items, in addition to 10 other words from Sergei Yakhontov's 100-wordlist.

No. Gloss Hurrian
1 all (omnis) sua-lːa ⟨šua-lla⟩
2 ashes sal-mi ⟨šal-mi⟩
5 big tal-mi ~ tal-a-mi
6 bird eradi
8 black time-ri ~ tima-ri
9 blood cur-gi ⟨zur-gi⟩
11 breast neɣer-ni ⟨neķer-ni⟩
12 to burn tr. am-
16 to come un-
18 dog ervi ~ erbi
19 to drink al-
21 ear nui ~ nuɣi ⟨nui ~ nuķi⟩
22 earth ese ⟨eše⟩
23 to eat ul-
25 eye si ~ siɣi ⟨ši ~ šiķi⟩
26 fat n. ase ⟨aše⟩
28 fire tari
31 foot uri ~ ur-ni
33 to give ar-
34 good faɣri ~ faɣr-usi ⟨waķri ~ waķr-uši⟩
37 hand su-ni ⟨šu-ni⟩
38 head paɣi ⟨paķi⟩
39 to hear xas- ⟨ķaš-⟩
40 heart tisa ⟨tiša⟩
42 I is- ⟨iš-⟩ (dir. stem), su- ⟨šu-⟩ (obl. stem)
45 to know pal-
48 liver ur-mi
49 long keri ~ ker-asːi ⟨keri ~ ker-ašši⟩
50 louse apxe ⟨apķe⟩
51 man taɣe ~ tae ⟨taķe ~ tae⟩
52 many te-u-na
53 meat uʒi ⟨uzi⟩
54 moon kusuɣ ⟨kušuķ⟩
55 mountain pab-ni ~ pab-a-ni
56 mouth fasi ⟨faši⟩
57 name tiye
58 neck kudu-ni
59 new suɣe ⟨šuķe⟩
61 nose punɣi ~ puxːi ⟨punķi ~ puķķi⟩
62 not =u-, =kːV-
63 one su-kːi ~ su-kːu ⟨šu-kki ~ šu-kku⟩
64 person tarsuva-ni ⟨taršuwa-ni⟩
65 rain isena ⟨išena⟩
67 road xari ⟨ķari⟩
71 to say xil- ~ xill- ⟨ķil- ~ ķill-⟩
72 to see fur-
74 to sit naxː- ⟨naķķ-⟩
75 skin asxe ⟨ašķe⟩
78 smoke xivri ⟨ķiuri⟩
82 sun simigi ⟨šimigi⟩
85 that a-ni
86 this an-ni
87 thou fe-
88 tongue irde
89 tooth seri ~ sir-ni ⟨šeri ~ šir-ni⟩
90 tree tali
91 two sini ⟨šini⟩
92 to go usː- ⟨ušš-⟩
94 water sive ~ siye ⟨šiwe ~ šiye⟩
96 what av-
98 who ab-i ~ av-i
99 woman asti ~ asta ⟨ašti ~ ašta⟩
106 snake apsi ⟨apši⟩
107 thin niga-le
110 year savali ⟨šawali⟩

Urartian edit

Urartian word list from Kassian (2010):[1]

Gloss Urartian
‘to enunciate’ al-
‘great’ al(a)sui
‘to burn’ am-, am=ašt-
‘this’ an=a=ni
‘to give’ ar-, ar=u-, ar=d=u-
‘?’ arhe
‘to go (?)’ aš=a-
‘men’ ʔaše- (waše-)
‘road’ hari
‘to hear’ haš=i-, haš=u-
‘?’ hurišhi
‘meat (?)’ hušu
‘this’ ini
‘I’ iš-, ieš- / šu=ke-
‘place’ esi
‘earth (?)’ eši
‘stone (?)’ kaḳuli
‘earth’ ḳiura-, ḳira-
‘foot’ kuri
‘to reach’ kuṭ=u-
‘foreign land’ KURlulue
‘women’ lutu
‘not’ mi
‘to mount (the throne)’ nah=a-
‘?’ nara
‘to come’ nun=a-
‘to speak (?)’ pal-
‘mountain’ bab=a=ni-
‘women’ wediani
? Rusa
‘year’ šali
‘near (?)’ salmathi
? ṣi- (?)
‘to go (?)’ ši=a-
‘wife’ sila
‘moon’ šelardi
‘sun’ šiwini
‘three (?)’ šiši=ni
‘hand’ šu-
‘new’ šuhi
‘all’ šui=ni-, šuy=a-
‘1’ šu=sini
‘persons’ taršua=ni
‘to say’ ti=a-, ti=u-
‘name’ ti=ni
‘heart’ tiš=ni-
‘not’ ui, =u=ri
‘to go’ ul-, ul=a-
‘to slaughter’ urb=u-
‘?’ urdiali
‘to go’ uš-, uš=t=a-
‘to grant’ ušhan=u-
‘military campaign’ uštipte
‘to kill’ zašg=u-
‘small’ zeldi
‘three’ III-še

Comparisons edit

Hurrian and Urartian lexical comparisons from Kassian (2010):[1]

Cognates edit

No. English gloss Hurrian Urartian
1 all šua=lla šui=ni-
12 to burn (tr.) am- am-
16 ? come un- nun=a-
33 to give ar- ar-
37 hand šu=ni šu-
39 to hear haš- haš-
40 heart tiša tiš=ni
42 I iš-/šu- iš-/šu-
55 mountain pab=ni baba=ni
57 name tiye ti=ni
59 new šuhe šuhi
62 not =u u=i, =u=ri
63 one šu=kki šu=sini
67 road hari hari
92 to go ušš- uš-
110 year šawali šali

Non-cognates edit

No. English gloss Hurrian Urartian
22 earth eše ḳi(u)ra-
54 moon kušuh šelardi
71 to say hil- ti-
82 sun šimigi šiwini
86 this an=ni i=ni

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Kassian, Alexei. 2010. Hurro-Urartian from the lexicostatistical viewpoint. In Manfried Dietrich and Oswald Loretz (eds.), Ugarit-Forschungen: Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas, 383-452. Münster: Ugarit.
  2. ^ Kassian, Alexei (2014). "Lexical Matches between Sumerian and Hurro-Urartian: Possible Historical Scenarios". Cuneiform Digital Library Journal (4).
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