# QA-TI-KI (Kattike)

> Kattike (Hurrian personal name), on kad- 'to say'; rival katki 'utterance'

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

- Reading: Kattike
- 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: Khania
- Lexicon: [QA-TI-KI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/QA-TI-KI/index.md>)

## Commentary

Kattike: Hurrian kat(t)- + the formative -ki (NPN 224), on kad- 'to say' (Richter 2012, 195), drawing four *313b-men on KH 7a. Rival: katki 'utterance' (Richter 2012, 196).

## Attestations

- [KH 7a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KH7a/index.md>)

## References

- NPN: Gelb, Ignace J.; Purves, Pierre M.; MacRae, Allan A. (1943), Nuzi Personal Names. Oriental Institute Publications 57, University of Chicago
- Richter, Thomas (2012), Bibliographisches Glossar des Hurritischen. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden

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