# KU-KU-DA-RA (Kukkadal)

> Kukkadal (Hurrian personal name), kukk- + adal 'strong'; rival ḳdr 'dark'

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

- Reading: Kukkadal
- Type: Personal name; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Language: Hurrian; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [KU-KU-DA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KU-KU-DA-RA/index.md>)

## 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.

## Attestations

- [HT 117a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT117a/index.md>)

## References

- GLH: Laroche, Emmanuel (1980), Glossaire de la langue hourrite. Editions Klincksieck
- DMic I: Aura Jorro, Francisco, Diccionario Micénico, vol. I (CSIC 1985). 
- NPN: Gelb, Ignace J.; Purves, Pierre M.; MacRae, Allan A. (1943), Nuzi Personal Names. Oriental Institute Publications 57, University of Chicago
- Woudhuizen, Fred C. (2016), Documents in Minoan, Luwian, Semitic, and Pelasgian. Dutch Archaeological and Historical Society, Amsterdam; Publications of the Henri Frankfort Foundation 14
- Monti, Luciano Esteban (2017), A Systematic Approach to the Hurrian Pantheon: The Onomastic Evidence. PhD dissertation, Università degli Studi di Udine (XXVIII cycle)

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