Personal name · Hurrian

KA-U-ZU-NI

Kawṯuni (Hurrian personal name Kaw-šuni); rival Kawṯān, Heb. Kûšān

Reading: Kawṯuni
Type: Personal name Speculative
Language: Hurrian Speculative
Sites: Haghia Triada
Attestations: 1
Lexicon: KA-U-ZU-NI

Commentary

Kawṯuni: Hurrian kaw (NPN 224) + -šuni (Awa-šuni, NPN 208), Hurrian š written ṯ as Ugaritic ảủpṯ for ảủpš (DULAT 4), four men on HT 26b. Same base as KA-U-DE-TA Kaw-tatta. Rival: Kawṯān, Heb. Kûšān (DULAT 467).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry KA-U-ZU-NI.

Hurriankaw (NPN 224); Kawiya, kav=i=ya (Monti 2017, 346); -šuni in Awa-šuni, A-wa-šu-ni (NPN 208)
UgariticHurrian ảủpš, var. ảủpṯ, ảủpṯn, syll. a-up-šu (DULAT 4); kṯn PN, ku-ši-nu; kṯn TN, cf. Heb. kwšn (DULAT 467)