Place or gentilic · Semitic

KO-SA-I-TI

the Kushite woman (origin label); rival kusītu 'robe'

Reading
Kōšayīt
Type
Place or gentilic Speculative
Language
Semitic Speculative
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
1
Lexicon
KO-SA-I-TI

Commentary

HT 117a, the second of five counted 1 each under SA-TA, between KU-KU-DA-RA and DA-MI-NU: the feminine nisbe of Kōš ‘Kush’ (Coptic ⲉϭⲱϣ; Amarna ka-ši-yi, EA 287:33), an origin label as U-SU and U-DI-MI. Rival: kusītu ‘robe’. See the lexicon entry. One witness.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry KO-SA-I-TI.

  • EgyptianKꜣšKꜣš ‘Kush’ (AED lemma 163680); ı͗kšj.t ‘Kushite woman’; Coptic ⲉϭⲱϣ, ⲉϭⲟϣⲉ ‘Kushite’ (ThotBank 486)
  • AmarnaKUR ka-šiKUR ka-ši ‘Kush’ (EA 127, 131, 133, 287); LÚ.MEŠ ka-ši-yi ‘Kushites’ (EA 287:33)
  • Hebrewhāʾiššâ hakkušîthāʾiššâ hakkušît ‘the Kushite woman’ (Num 12:1)
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