𒆪𒅖

Hittite

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Etymology

From Proto-Anatolian *kʷís, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

Pronoun

𒆪𒅖 • (ku-iš)

1. who, which (interrogative)

Inflection

Broad transcription
Pronoun
	Singular		Plural
	common	neuter	common	neuter
nominative	kuiš	kuit	kuēš	kue
	kʷís	kʷít	kʷɛ́ːs	kʷɛ́
accusative	kuin	kuit	kuius	kue
	kʷín	kʷít	kʷíɔs	kʷɛ́
genitive	kuēl	kuēl	kuenzan	kuenzan
	kʷɛ́ːl	kʷɛ́ːl	kʷɛ́nt͡san	kʷɛ́nt͡san
dative-locative	kuedani	kuedani	kuedaš	kuedaš
	kʷɛ́tani	kʷɛ́tani	kʷɛ́tas	kʷɛ́tas
allative	–	–	–	–
	–	–
ablative	kuezz(a)	kuezz(a)	kuezz(a)	kuezz(a)
	kʷɛ́t͡s	kʷɛ́t͡s	kʷɛ́t͡s	kʷɛ́t͡s
instrumental	–	–	–	–
	–	–	–	–

Cuneiform script
Pronoun
	Singular		Plural
	common	neuter	common	neuter
nominative	𒆪𒅖	𒆪𒀉	𒆪𒂊𒌍	𒆪𒂊
	ku-iš	ku-it	ku-e-eš	ku-e
accusative	𒆪𒅔	𒆪𒀉	𒆪𒄿𒍑	𒆪𒂊
	ku-in	ku-it	ku-i-uš	ku-e
genitive	𒆪𒂊𒂖	𒆪𒂊𒂖	𒆪𒂗𒍝𒀭	𒆪𒂗𒍝𒀭
	ku-e-el	ku-e-el	ku-en-za-an	ku-en-za-an
dative-locative	𒆪𒂊𒁕𒉌	𒆪𒂊𒁕𒉌	𒆪𒂊𒁕𒀸	𒆪𒂊𒁕𒀸
	ku-e-da-ni	ku-e-da-ni	ku-e-da-aš	ku-e-da-aš
allative	–	–	–	–
	–	–
ablative	𒆪𒄑𒍝	𒆪𒄑𒍝	𒆪𒄑𒍝	𒆪𒄑𒍝
	ku-ez-za	ku-ez-za	ku-ez-za	ku-ez-za
instrumental	–	–	–	–
	–	–	–	–

Derived terms

• 𒆪𒅖𒆠 (ku-iš-ki)
• 𒆪𒉿𒁉 (ku-wa-pí)
• 𒆪𒉿𒁉𒀉 (ku-wa-pí-it)
• 𒆪𒅖𒊭 (ku-iš-ša)
• 𒆪𒀉 (ku-it)

See also

• 𒍣𒄿𒅅 (zi-i-ik, “you”)
• 𒌑𒊌 (ú-uk, “I”)
• -𒀸 (-aš, “he, she, it”)

Luwian

Etymology

From Proto-Anatolian *kʷís (compare Hittite 𒆪𒅖), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.

Pronoun

𒆪𒅖 (transliteration needed /kuis/)

1. who