𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸

Hittite

𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸

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Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wl̥kʷós (“dangerous”); compare *wĺ̥kʷos (“wolf”).

Noun

𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸 • (walkuwaš)

The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include: something negative? Possibly calling them a "pack of wolves"
- One of the only two attestations of this word:
  𒊩𒈗 𒌷𒅗𒉌𒅖 𒄀 𒌉𒈨𒌍 𒁹𒂗 𒈬𒀭𒋾 𒄩𒀀𒀸𒋫 𒌝𒈠 𒅆𒈠 [𒆠]𒄿𒉿 𒆪𒀉 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒀭 𒄩𒀀𒀸𒄷𒌦
  MUNUS.LUGAL ^URUka-ni-iš 30 DUMU^MEŠ 1^EN MU-an-ti ha-a-aš-ta UM-MA ŠI=MA [ki]-i=wa ku-it wa-al-ku-an ha-a-aš-hu-un
  The Queen of Kaniš bore thirty sons within one year. She (speaks) thus: "What a walkwan is this which I have birthed"

Declension

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Broad transcription
a-stem noun¹
Common gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	walkuwaš	walkuweš, walkuwiš
nominative
vocative	walkuwi, walkuwa	–
vocative
accusative	walkuwan	walkuwuš
accusative
genitive	walkuwaš	walkuwaš, walkuwan²
genitive
dative-locative	walkuwi	walkuwaš
dative-locative
allative	walkuwa	–
allative
ablative	walkuwaz(a)	walkuwaz(a)
ablative
instrumental	walkuwit	walkuwit
instrumental
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	𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸	𒉿𒀠𒆪we𒌍, 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒃾𒅖
nominative	wa-al-ku-wa-aš	wa-al-ku-we-eš, wa-al-ku-wi-iš
vocative	𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿, 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒃾	–
vocative	wa-al-ku-wa, wa-al-ku-wi
accusative	𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀭	𒉿𒀠𒆪wu𒍑
accusative	wa-al-ku-wa-an	wa-al-ku-wu-uš
genitive	𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸	𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸, 𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀭
genitive	wa-al-ku-wa-aš	wa-al-ku-wa-aš, wa-al-ku-wa-an
dative-locative	𒉿𒀠𒆪𒃾	𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒀸
dative-locative	wa-al-ku-wi	wa-al-ku-wa-aš
allative	𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿	–
allative	wa-al-ku-wa
ablative	𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒊍	𒉿𒀠𒆪𒉿𒊍
ablative	wa-al-ku-wa-az	wa-al-ku-wa-az
instrumental	𒉿𒀠𒆪𒃾𒀉	𒉿𒀠𒆪𒃾𒀉
instrumental	wa-al-ku-wi-it	wa-al-ku-wi-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, page 950