𒅗𒆷𒀭𒃰𒁺

Hittite

𒅗𒆷𒀭𒃰𒁺

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Etymology

Uncertain. Kloekhorst points to *glo-n-ǵʰ-ei as its Proto-Indo-European form and kalank- as its stem. See 𒂵𒆷𒀝𒋻 (galaktar, “soothing substance, (opium) poppy?”) for further information.

Verb

𒅗𒆷𒀭𒃰𒁺 • (ka-la-an-kad-du /kalanka(d)du/) (third-person imperative active singular)

1. to soothe, to satiate, to satisfy
   • KBo XVII 105 II 16 :

     nu-mu EGIR-pa kalankanza ēš

     Be in turn satiated by me.

Inflection

Attestations are limited to 𒅗𒆷𒀭𒃰𒁺 (ka-la-an-kad-du /kalanka(d)du/, third-person imperative active singular) and 𒅗𒆷𒀭𒅗𒀭𒍝 (ka-la-an-ka-an-za /kalankanz/, participle), which is also found as 𒂵𒆷𒀭𒅗𒀭𒍝 (ga-la-an-ka-an-za /galankanz/). Kloekhorst argues that it is probably a ḫi-conjugated form, as he explains “The only finite form of this verb, 3sg.imp.act. kalankaddu points to an original mi-conjugation. Nevertheless, since this form is attested in a NS text, it may not be reliable. Since mi-verbs that end in -nk- always show i-vocalism (e.g. li(n)k-^zi, ni(n)k-^zi, ḫuni(n)k-^zi, ḫarni(n)k-^zi, nini(n)k-^zi, etc.) it is in my view unlikely that this verb was mi-conjugated originally. The stem kalank- much better fits ḫi-inflected verbs like kānk-ⁱ / kank- ‘to hang’ or ḫamank-ⁱ / ḫame/ink- ‘to tie’. This is the reason that I cite this verb as kalank-ⁱ (a similar reasoning in Oettinger 1979a: 149)”.

Derived terms

• 𒂵𒆷𒀝𒋻 (galaktar)

References

• Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) “kalank-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 428
• Francia, Rita (2023) “HITTITE GALAKTAR “OPIUM (POPPY)”?”, in By God's Grace: Ancient Anatolian Studies Presented to Aram Kosyan on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday, pages 69–85
• Puhvel, Jaan (1984) “kala(n)k-, gala(n)k-”, in Hittite Etymological Dictionary: Words beginning with K, Volume 4, Mouton, Foreign Language Study, pages 18–20