DA-DU-MI-NE

Beloved of Minos (compound theophoric name)

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Reading
dādu-Mīnō
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*dawid- ‘father’s brother, uncle’ + *mVnVw- ~ *ʾVmVn- ‘count’ 1, ‘test, try’ 2, ‘be certain…’
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Akkadiandādudādu ‘darling’ (CAD D 20)
  • Ugaritic𐎄𐎄dddd ‘love, loved one’ (DULAT 262); ydd ‘loved’ (DULAT 943); lydd il ‘to the beloved of El’ (KTU 1.4 VII 46)
  • Hebrewdōddōd ‘beloved’ (HALOT 215); Yədîdyāh ‘beloved of Yah’ (2 Sam 12:25; HALOT 390)
  • Hurriantad-tad- ‘to love’, tadi-/tadu- in names (Laroche GLH 248); Tadu-Ḫepa (TLHdig KBo 27.93+)

Attestations1 cited

  1. KN Zf 313D]SI[ ]SI-ZA-NE-*310 DA-DU-MI-NE QA-MI-*47-NA-RA A-WA-PI TE-SU-DE-SE-KE-I A-DA-RA TI-DI-TE-QA-TI TA-SA-ZA TA-TE-I-KE-ZA-REBeloved of Minos (theophoric PN)

Commentary

KN Zf 31, a silver dress pin from a Mavro Spelio tomb: DA-DỤ-MI-NE between ]SỊ-ZẠ-NE-*310 and QA-MI-*47-NA-RA, DU dotted (GORILA IV 155). A compound of two roots: DA-DU ‘beloved’ + MI-NE, Minos (√m-n-n ‘to allot, portion’). ‘Beloved of DN’ is a name type: Heb. Yədîdyāh (2 Sam 12:25), Ug. ydd il (KTU 1.4 VII 46). The type dādu + DN: Ebla da-du-ʾIl ‘beloved is ʾIl’ (Pagan 1998, row 1402), Mari da-du-ma-lik, da-du-me-er (GlOS 1, 152). Hurrian builds the type on tad- ‘to love’; DA writes /da/ and /ta/. MI-NE is the Ebla name mi-ne (ARET 3 134, 4 15, 12 668, 15 20) and the element of ù-na-mi-ne. Rivals: Sanmartín’s meny ‘(the) love; DN’, √m-n-w/y ‘to love’, entered with a query (GlOS 2, 45); a Hurrian tadu- name. One attestation. See TA-DI, I-DA-DA, DA-DU-*301 and PI-MI-NA-TE.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

KN Zf 31Knossos…da-du-mi-ne…
Linear A Lexicon