Appendix:Hurro-Urartian word lists

Hurro-Urartian word lists from Kassian (2010) are given below.^[1]

Hurrian

Hurrian word list from Kassian (2010):^[1]

Gloss	Hurrian
‘to drink’	al-
‘to be marvelous (?)’	alš-
‘to speak’	al=u-
‘to burn’	am-, am=b-
‘to look’	am-
‘to arrive’	amm-
‘that’	ani
‘this’	an=ni
‘this’	an=di
‘what?’, awi ‘who?’	aw-
‘far (?)’	awattu-
‘louse’	aphe
‘face; in front of’	awi, aye
‘snake’	apši
‘to give’	ar-
‘to eat (?)’	aš-
‘to wash’	ašš-
‘skin’	ašhe
‘fat’	aše
‘woman’	ašti, ašta
‘small’	hayani
‘to give birth’, hāni ‘child’	han-
‘to go forward’	hab-
‘road’	hari
‘to hear’	haš-
‘to oil’, haš=ar=i ‘oil’	haš-
‘inner ear’	hazzizzi
‘all’	heyari
‘to say’	hil-, hill-
‘biceps / upper arm’	herari
‘smoke’	hiuri
‘incense burner’	hubr=ušhi
‘lap, crotch’	huri
‘(to move?)’ / ‘to be worth (?)’	i-
‘what’	iya
‘pure’	eg=ušši
‘inside, interior’	egi
‘star (?)’	ilziri
‘bird’	eradi
‘dog’	erwi, erbi
‘tongue’	irde
‘I’	iš- / šu-
‘earth’	eše
‘rain’	išena
‘to go’	itt-
‘body’	edi
‘not’	=kkV=
‘small (?)’	kalgi
‘(anatomic term)’	karši
‘to pronounce’	kad-
‘three’	kig-
‘long’	keri, ker=ašši
‘to pronounce’	kul-
‘moon’	kušuh
‘neck’	kudu=ni
‘?’	leli hašari
‘a k. of barbarians’	lulahhi
‘not’	=ma, =mma
‘to kill (?)’	mar=al-
‘to go stand’	meh-
‘to sit’	nahh-
‘chair’	nahh=idi, nahh=u=the
‘breast’	neher=ni
‘thin’	nigale
‘good’	niri
‘ear’	nui, nuhi
‘head’	pahi
‘good’	wahri, wahr=uši
‘to know’	pal-
‘?’	wali, weli
‘mountainous	pabanhi, pabahhi
‘mountain’	pab=ni, pab=a=ni
‘to take the road’	far=iš-
‘mouth’	faši
‘dowry’ / ‘plentiful (?)’	waduranni
‘thou’	fe-
‘nose’	punhi, puhhi
‘to see’	fur-
‘a look’	furi
‘to listen’	šalh-
‘daughter’	šali
‘to burn (?)’	šalm-
‘ashes’	šal=mi
‘year’	šawali
‘sun-disk (?)’	šapši
‘great’	šawoši
‘we’	ša=tti(=lla), šie=š-, ša=š-
‘to be small (?)’, šiu ‘small (?)’	ši-
‘eye’	ši, šihi
‘to go in’	šehl-
‘sun’	šimigi
‘two’	šini
‘thou’	šiniam ~ šinibi
‘exhausted’	šib=a
‘water’	šiwe, šiye
‘tooth’	šeri, šir=ni
‘six’	šeše
‘to fatten’	šed=u-
‘young girl’	šid=u=ri
‘new’	šuhe
‘all’	šue, šua=nna, šua=lla
‘one’	šukki, šukku
‘charcoal’	šulli
‘to assemble (?)’	šumm-
‘all’	šummi
‘hand’	šu=ni, šummu=ni
‘to slaughter’	šur-
‘man’	tahe, tae
‘tree’	tali
‘big’	tal=mi, tal=a=mi
‘flea’	tame
‘merchant’	tamgari
?	dtap-ki-in-na
‘fire’	tari
‘person’	taršuwa=ni
‘to be many’, te=a ‘numerous’, te=u=na(i) ‘many’	te-
‘to cry (?)’	ti-
‘black; dark’	time=ri, tima=ri
‘to pronounce’	tiw-
‘word; name’	tiwe, tiye
‘heart’	tiša
‘very’	tiššan
‘?’	tupki
‘male’	tur=u=hhi
‘not’	=u=, =wa=, =we=, =o=, =u=d=
‘no!’	u=ya
‘leg of the table’	ugri-
‘to eat’	ul-
‘to be near (?)’	ul=uh-
‘land’	umi=ni
‘moon (?)’	umbu
‘to come’	un-
‘foot’	uri, ur=ni
‘liver’	ur=mi
‘to slaughter’	urb-, uw-
‘to go’	ušš-
‘meat’	uzi
‘lap, crotch’	ziyan=ni
‘female breast’	zizzi
‘cruche’	zizzuhi
‘small’	zugi
‘blood’	zur=gi
‘star (?)’	zuzuhe
‘many’	ši
‘star’	MUL-hi-

Basic vocabulary list

A basic vocabulary list of Hurrian from Kassian (2014) is given below.^[2] Kassian (2014) uses a 110-item wordlist from the Global Lexicostatistical Database, which consists of which consists of 100 Swadesh list items, in addition to 10 other words from Sergei Yakhontov's 100-wordlist.

No.	Gloss	Hurrian
1	all (omnis)	sua-lːa ⟨šua-lla⟩
2	ashes	sal-mi ⟨šal-mi⟩
5	big	tal-mi ~ tal-a-mi
6	bird	eradi
8	black	time-ri ~ tima-ri
9	blood	cur-gi ⟨zur-gi⟩
11	breast	neɣer-ni ⟨neķer-ni⟩
12	to burn tr.	am-
16	to come	un-
18	dog	ervi ~ erbi
19	to drink	al-
21	ear	nui ~ nuɣi ⟨nui ~ nuķi⟩
22	earth	ese ⟨eše⟩
23	to eat	ul-
25	eye	si ~ siɣi ⟨ši ~ šiķi⟩
26	fat n.	ase ⟨aše⟩
28	fire	tari
31	foot	uri ~ ur-ni
33	to give	ar-
34	good	faɣri ~ faɣr-usi ⟨waķri ~ waķr-uši⟩
37	hand	su-ni ⟨šu-ni⟩
38	head	paɣi ⟨paķi⟩
39	to hear	xas- ⟨ķaš-⟩
40	heart	tisa ⟨tiša⟩
42	I	is- ⟨iš-⟩ (dir. stem), su- ⟨šu-⟩ (obl. stem)
45	to know	pal-
48	liver	ur-mi
49	long	keri ~ ker-asːi ⟨keri ~ ker-ašši⟩
50	louse	apxe ⟨apķe⟩
51	man	taɣe ~ tae ⟨taķe ~ tae⟩
52	many	te-u-na
53	meat	uʒi ⟨uzi⟩
54	moon	kusuɣ ⟨kušuķ⟩
55	mountain	pab-ni ~ pab-a-ni
56	mouth	fasi ⟨faši⟩
57	name	tiye
58	neck	kudu-ni
59	new	suɣe ⟨šuķe⟩
61	nose	punɣi ~ puxːi ⟨punķi ~ puķķi⟩
62	not	=u-, =kːV-
63	one	su-kːi ~ su-kːu ⟨šu-kki ~ šu-kku⟩
64	person	tarsuva-ni ⟨taršuwa-ni⟩
65	rain	isena ⟨išena⟩
67	road	xari ⟨ķari⟩
71	to say	xil- ~ xill- ⟨ķil- ~ ķill-⟩
72	to see	fur-
74	to sit	naxː- ⟨naķķ-⟩
75	skin	asxe ⟨ašķe⟩
78	smoke	xivri ⟨ķiuri⟩
82	sun	simigi ⟨šimigi⟩
85	that	a-ni
86	this	an-ni
87	thou	fe-
88	tongue	irde
89	tooth	seri ~ sir-ni ⟨šeri ~ šir-ni⟩
90	tree	tali
91	two	sini ⟨šini⟩
92	to go	usː- ⟨ušš-⟩
94	water	sive ~ siye ⟨šiwe ~ šiye⟩
96	what	av-
98	who	ab-i ~ av-i
99	woman	asti ~ asta ⟨ašti ~ ašta⟩
106	snake	apsi ⟨apši⟩
107	thin	niga-le
110	year	savali ⟨šawali⟩

Urartian

Urartian word list from Kassian (2010):^[1]

Gloss	Urartian
‘to enunciate’	al-
‘great’	al(a)sui
‘to burn’	am-, am=ašt-
‘this’	an=a=ni
‘to give’	ar-, ar=u-, ar=d=u-
‘?’	arhe
‘to go (?)’	aš=a-
‘men’	ʔaše- (waše-)
‘road’	hari
‘to hear’	haš=i-, haš=u-
‘?’	hurišhi
‘meat (?)’	hušu
‘this’	ini
‘I’	iš-, ieš- / šu=ke-
‘place’	esi
‘earth (?)’	eši
‘stone (?)’	kaḳuli
‘earth’	ḳiura-, ḳira-
‘foot’	kuri
‘to reach’	kuṭ=u-
‘foreign land’	KURlulue
‘women’	lutu
‘not’	mi
‘to mount (the throne)’	nah=a-
‘?’	nara
‘to come’	nun=a-
‘to speak (?)’	pal-
‘mountain’	bab=a=ni-
‘women’	wediani
?	Rusa
‘year’	šali
‘near (?)’	salmathi
?	ṣi- (?)
‘to go (?)’	ši=a-
‘wife’	sila
‘moon’	šelardi
‘sun’	šiwini
‘three (?)’	šiši=ni
‘hand’	šu-
‘new’	šuhi
‘all’	šui=ni-, šuy=a-
‘1’	šu=sini
‘persons’	taršua=ni
‘to say’	ti=a-, ti=u-
‘name’	ti=ni
‘heart’	tiš=ni-
‘not’	ui, =u=ri
‘to go’	ul-, ul=a-
‘to slaughter’	urb=u-
‘?’	urdiali
‘to go’	uš-, uš=t=a-
‘to grant’	ušhan=u-
‘military campaign’	uštipte
‘to kill’	zašg=u-
‘small’	zeldi
‘three’	III-še

Comparisons

Hurrian and Urartian lexical comparisons from Kassian (2010):^[1]

Cognates

No.	English gloss	Hurrian	Urartian
1	all	šua=lla	šui=ni-
12	to burn (tr.)	am-	am-
16 ?	come	un-	nun=a-
33	to give	ar-	ar-
37	hand	šu=ni	šu-
39	to hear	haš-	haš-
40	heart	tiša	tiš=ni
42	I	iš-/šu-	iš-/šu-
55	mountain	pab=ni	baba=ni
57	name	tiye	ti=ni
59	new	šuhe	šuhi
62	not	=u	u=i, =u=ri
63	one	šu=kki	šu=sini
67	road	hari	hari
92	to go	ušš-	uš-
110	year	šawali	šali

Non-cognates

No.	English gloss	Hurrian	Urartian
22	earth	eše	ḳi(u)ra-
54	moon	kušuh	šelardi
71	to say	hil-	ti-
82	sun	šimigi	šiwini
86	this	an=ni	i=ni

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Kassian, Alexei. 2010. Hurro-Urartian from the lexicostatistical viewpoint. In Manfried Dietrich and Oswald Loretz (eds.), Ugarit-Forschungen: Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas, 383-452. Münster: Ugarit.
^ Kassian, Alexei (2014). "Lexical Matches between Sumerian and Hurro-Urartian: Possible Historical Scenarios". Cuneiform Digital Library Journal (4).

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[Kassian2010-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Kassian, Alexei. 2010. Hurro-Urartian from the lexicostatistical viewpoint. In Manfried Dietrich and Oswald Loretz (eds.), Ugarit-Forschungen: Internationales Jahrbuch für die Altertumskunde Syrien-Palästinas, 383-452. Münster: Ugarit.

[2] Kassian, Alexei (2014). "Lexical Matches between Sumerian and Hurro-Urartian: Possible Historical Scenarios". Cuneiform Digital Library Journal (4).

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