𒂊𒉿𒀭

Hittite

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Kloekhorst proposes a reconstruction Proto-Indo-European *yéw-on-, which he regards as a more archaic form of Proto-Indo-European *yéwos (“barley”). Compare Ancient Greek ζειά (zeiá, “einkorn wheat”) and Sanskrit यव (yáva, “barley”).

𒂊𒉿𒀭 • (e-wa-an) n /ewan/

Broad transcription
n-stem noun¹
Neuter gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	ewan	ewana
nominative
accusative	ewan	ewana
accusative
genitive	ewanaš	ewanaš, ewanan²
genitive
dative-locative	ewani	ewanaš
dative-locative
allative	ewana	–
allative
ablative	ewanaz(a)	ewanaz(a)
ablative
instrumental	ewanit	ewanit
instrumental
1. The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension 2. Only attested in Old Hittite.

Cuneiform
n-stem noun
Neuter gender	Singular	Plural
nominative	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒀭	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒈾
nominative	e-wa-an	e-u-wa-na
accusative	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒀭	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒈾
accusative	e-wa-an	e-u-wa-na
genitive	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒈾𒀸	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒈾𒀸, 𒂊𒌋𒉿𒈾𒀭
genitive	e-u-wa-na-aš	e-u-wa-na-aš, e-u-wa-na-an
dative-locative	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒉌	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒈾𒀸
dative-locative	e-u-wa-ni	e-u-wa-na-aš
allative	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒈾	–
allative	e-u-wa-na
ablative	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒈾𒊍	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒈾𒊍
ablative	e-u-wa-na-az	e-u-wa-na-az
instrumental	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒉌𒀉	𒂊𒌋𒉿𒉌𒀉
instrumental	e-u-wa-ni-it	e-u-wa-ni-it
More than one syllabification is possible. For more information see Wiktionary:Hittite transliteration

Kloekhorst, Alwin (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 5)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 312

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