27 avril 2020
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Hoffner Jr. † Harry A. et al., « Syntax of the Hittite “Supine” Construction », Institut français d’études anatoliennes, ID : 10.4000/books.ifeagd.3422
As is well-known, the Hittite verbal form ending in -(u)wan, labeled now for more than half a century the “supine”, occurs only in a construction with either dai- ‘to put’ or tiya- ‘to step’ that expresses the notion ‘begin/undertake to do X’: (1) KBo 5.8 iii 3-5 (CTH 61, Annals of Muršili; NH)namma=šmaš=kan ÉRIN.MEŠ išḫiḫḫun nu=mu ÉRIN.MEŠ piškewan dāir n=at=mu laḫḫi kattan paišgauwan tiyēr “Then I imposed (a commitment for) troops on them, and they began to give me troops and began to go o...