Personal name · Hurrian

DU-JA

Tuya (personal name, hypocoristic in -ya); rival Ḏū-Yā 'He of Yah'

Reading
Tuya
Type
Personal name Speculative
Language
Hurrian Speculative
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
DU-JA

Commentary

Tuya, the Nuzi name Tu-ú-ia (NPN 156), its element -tuja Hurrian (NPN 268); after the Hurrian I-RU-JA on HT 7a. Rival: Ḏū-Yā ‘He of Yah’.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry DU-JA.

  • NuziTUIA, Tu-ú-ia, var. Tu-ú?-ia (NPN 156); -tuja ‘H. Perhaps a formative in Akituja’ (NPN 268)
  • HittiteTuya, f. (KBo 28.50 1; Hittite Personal Names 0.1)
Linear A Lexicon