Personal name · Hurrian
KU-KU-DA-RA
Kukkadal (Hurrian personal name), kukk- + adal 'strong'; rival ḳdr 'dark'
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- Kukkadal
- Type
- Personal name Speculative
- Language
- Hurrian Speculative
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- Haghia Triada
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- Lexicon
- KU-KU-DA-RA
Commentary
Kukkadal: Hurrian kukk- (NPN 229) + adal ‘strong’ (Laroche GLH s.v. adali; NPN 207; Mari Tawen-atal ‘Strong, pour (him)!’, Monti 2017, 302), the first name under SA-TA Šata on HT 117a. Linear B ku-ka-da-ro, a man at Knossos, KN Uf 836.b (DMic I); Woudhuizen 2016, 218 no. 37. Rival: ḳdr ‘dark’, as KI-DA-RO Qidaru.
Compared forms
From the lexicon entry KU-KU-DA-RA.
- Hurriankukk, ᶠKukku, Kukkuia, ᶠKukk-urašše (NPN 90, 229); adal ‘strong’, Akkadian adallu = gašru (Laroche GLH s.v. adali), -atal, -adal in Zi-li-ip-a-da-al, Ḫa-ši-ba-da-al, Pu-ut-ti-ma-da-al (NPN 207); Mari Tawen-atal, tav=i=n(na)-adal ‘Strong, pour (him)!’ (VHN 297; Monti 2017, 302)
- Linear Bku-ka-da-ro, a man at Knossos, KN Uf 836.b (DMic I)