Syntax of the Hittite “Supine” Construction

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..

Hittite Fragments in American Collections

Primary publication of 137 scattered fragments of Hittite tabletsPeer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/78003/1/HFAC.pd