Personal name · Semitic

KA-RE-RO

Kariru (personal name, Nuzi Qa-ri-ru, Ka-ri-ru); rival karr- 'ram'

Reading
Kariru
Type
Personal name Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
KA-RE-RO

Commentary

Kariru: Nuzi Qa-ri-ru, Ka-ri-ru(m), Qa-ri-ri (NPN 80), root qrr (NPN 322); Purves takes it as Hurrian kar- (NPN 223). Rival: *ka/irr- ‘ram’.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry KA-RE-RO.

  • AkkadianNuzi Qa-ri-ru, Ka-ri-ru, Ka-ri-ru(m), Qa-ri-ri (NPN 80), ‘Root qrr, "to burn"? Cf. Qar-ru-ru’ (NPN 322)
  • Hurrian‘H. if formed on kar’ (NPN 223), the rival analysis
  • Ugaritic𐎋𐎗krkr ‘ram’ (DULAT 449; PS *ka/irr-), the rival
Linear A Lexicon