# DU-RU-WI (ḏu-luwwī)

> the Levite (ethnonymic designation)

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

- Reading: ḏu-luwwī
- Type: Gentilic; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [DU-RU-WI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-RU-WI/index.md>)

## Commentary

ḏu 'the one of' + luwwī 'joined' (√l-w-y, the u of the D-stem, Ebla lu-wu, GlOS 2, 19).

## Attestations

- [HT 25a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT25a/index.md>)

## References

- GlOS 2: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2024), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 2: l – z. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/2,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park

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