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๐’…—๐’†ท๐’€ญ๐’ƒฐ๐’บ

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๐’…—๐’†ท๐’€ญ๐’ƒฐ๐’บ
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Etymology

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Uncertain. Kloekhorst points to *glo-n-วตสฐ-ei as its Proto-Indo-European form and kalank- as its stem. See ๐’‚ต๐’†ท๐’€๐’‹ป (galaktar, โ€œsoothing substance, (opium) poppy?โ€) for further information.

Verb

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๐’…—๐’†ท๐’€ญ๐’ƒฐ๐’บ โ€ข (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 ฤ“ลก
      Be in turn satiated by me.

Inflection

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Attestations are limited to ๐’…—๐’†ท๐’€ญ๐’ƒฐ๐’บ (ka-la-an-kad-du /kalanka(d)du/, third-person imperative active singular) and ๐’…—๐’†ท๐’€ญ๐’…—๐’€ญ๐’ (ka-la-an-ka-an-za /kalankanz/, participle), which is also found as ๐’‚ต๐’†ท๐’€ญ๐’…—๐’€ญ๐’ (ga-la-an-ka-an-za /galankanz/). Kloekhorst argues that it is probably a แธซi-conjugated form, as he explains โ€œThe 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, แธซuni(n)k-zi, แธซarni(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 แธซi-inflected verbs like kฤnk-i / kank- โ€˜to hangโ€™ or แธซamank-i / แธซame/ink- โ€˜to tieโ€™. This is the reason that I cite this verb as kalank-i (a similar reasoning in Oettinger 1979a: 149)โ€.

Derived terms

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References

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