nuḫḫutu II
REVIEW
Meanings:
to be(come) small, diminished
de:German: Deutsch gering sein/werden
Distribution: MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD), NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD)
Grammar:
pos: v.Verbroot: nḫtI/n (primae nūn)stem: DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
2DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive)
MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) šamaššammē panīʾūte na-aḫ-ḫi-it Chuera, 29: 8 “cut(?) the old sesame!” Cf. lu-na-aḫ-ḫi-tu ib. 6 in broken context. new
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) DD-stem (Doubled stem/Intensive) ú-na-ḫa-tu-šu-nu SAA 15, 163: 7 “they will clip them”. (broken context). new
Discussion
The only G-stem attestation given in AHw (ARM 3, 8: 12) most likely belongs to nakādu, see CAD nakādu 3 c, with spirantization /k/ > /ḫ/. Durand's interpretation as stative of naʾādu (LAPO 17, 606) is unlikely, as *naʾid would be expected.