# DU-JA (Tuya)

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

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: Tuya
- Type: Personal name; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Language: Hurrian; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [DU-JA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-JA/index.md>)

## 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'.

## Attestations

- [HT 7a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT7a/index.md>)

## References

- NPN: Gelb, Ignace J.; Purves, Pierre M.; MacRae, Allan A. (1943), Nuzi Personal Names. Oriental Institute Publications 57, University of Chicago

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