RI-QE-TI

dance (√r-q-d); rival raqqitt- 'female dancer'

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Reading
riqitt-
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*raḳad- ‘jump’ (v.) 1, ‘jump, leap’ (n.) 2, ‘dance’ 3
Kind
Unknown
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Akkadianraqāduraqādu ‘to dance’ (CAD R 166); raqqidu, f. raqqittu ‘dancer’ (CAD R 171); riqittu ‘dance’ (CAD R 367)
  • Hebrewrqdrqd ‘to skip about, dance’ (HALOT 1288)
  • Ugaritic𐎎𐎗𐎖𐎄mrqdmrqd ‘castanet’ (DULAT 569)

Attestations1 cited

  1. PO Zc 1RI-QE-TI-A-SA-SA-RA-[·]dance (√r-q-d); rival 'female dancer'

Commentary

PO Zc 1, inked: RI-QE-TI-A-SA-SA-RA-[·]. riqitt- ‘dance’: Akk. riqittu ‘dance’ (ri-qi-it-tum; CAD R 367), from √r-q-d with the d assimilated to t; QE writes qi. The same root gives raqqittu ‘female dancer’ (raq-qit-tum; CAD R 171, s.v. raqqidu), with RI for ra. The pair matches U-QE-TI · JA-SA-SA-RA-ME on PL Zf 1, a -QE-TI word before the Asasara name. Rival: RI- + QE-TI, the element of HT 7a. Weak point: the cut before A-SA-SA-RA is the reader’s, with no divider. One attestation.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.

Linear A Lexicon