KO-SA-I-TI

the Kushite woman (origin label); rival kusītu 'robe'

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Reading
Kōšayīt
Confidence
Speculative
Root
Kꜣš 'Kush' (AED lemma 163680, after Wb 5, 109.1) + -ay- + -īt (feminine nisbe)
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • EgyptianKꜣšKꜣš ‘Kush’ (AED lemma 163680); ı͗kšj.t ‘Kushite woman’; Coptic ⲉϭⲱϣ, ⲉϭⲟϣⲉ ‘Kushite’ (ThotBank 486)
  • AmarnaKUR ka-šiKUR ka-ši ‘Kush’ (EA 127, 131, 133, 287); LÚ.MEŠ ka-ši-yi ‘Kushites’ (EA 287:33)
  • Hebrewhāʾiššâ hakkušîthāʾiššâ hakkušît ‘the Kushite woman’ (Num 12:1)

Attestations1 cited

  1. HT 117a3DKO-SA-I-TI 1the Kushite woman (origin label); rival kusītu 'robe'

Commentary

HT 117a .7–8 KO-SA-I-TI 1, complete, I dotted, the second of five under SA-TA Šata, between KU-KU-DA-RA and DA-MI-NU (GORILA I 197). KO writes the ō of Coptic ⲉϭⲱϣ ‘Nubian’, feminine ⲉϭⲟⲟϣⲉ (Vycichl 1983, 50, apud Kilani 2020), SA-I the gentilic glide of Amarna LÚ.MEŠ ka-ši-yi (EA 287:33), I-TI the feminine nisbe -īt: Kōšayīt ‘the Kushite woman’, an origin label as U-SU ʾUšu and U-DI-MI ʾUdmī on the same tablet. Rival: kusītu ‘robe’ (Ebla gu-zi-tum, Amarna ku-zi-ti, Ug. kst; GlOS 1, 325), a garment in a roster of persons, where KU-SI-TI is the expected spelling. One witness.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 117a–bHaghia Triada…ko-sa-i-ti……
Linear A Lexicon