𒉿𒀀𒋻

Hittite

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From Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ (“water”). Bedřich Hrozný, who deciphered Hittite in 1917, said that seing this word and knowing German Wasser made him realize Hittite was Indo-European.[1]

𒉿𒀀𒋻 • (wa-a-tar)

water
- Said to be the first Hittite sentence translated by Hrozný:
  𒉡 𒃻𒀭 𒂊𒄑𒍝𒀜𒋼𒉌 𒉿𒀀𒋻𒈠 𒂊𒆪𒌓𒋼𒉌
  nu NINDA-an e-ez-za-at-te-ni wa-a-tar-ma e-ku-ut-te-ni.
  [now] bread you shall eat, and water you shall drink.

Broad transcription
heteroclitic noun
Neuter gender	Singular	Plural
absolutive	wātar	witār
absolutive	wáːtr̩	witáːr
ergative	witenz(a)	witenantes
ergative	witɛ́nant͡s	witɛ́nantːɛʃ
genitive	witenaš	witenaš
genitive	witɛ́naʃ	witɛ́naʃ
dative-locative	witeni	witenaš
dative-locative	witɛ́ni	witɛ́naʃ
allative	witena	–
allative	witɛ́na	–
ablative	witenaz(a)	witenaz(a)
ablative	witɛ́nat͡s	witɛ́nat͡s
instrumental	witanta, witenit	witanta, witenit
instrumental	witántː, witɛ́nitː	witántː, witɛ́nitː
The desinences in this table have been normalized. For alternative endings see Appendix:Hittite declension

Cuneiform
heteroclitic noun
Neuter gender	Singular	Plural
absolutive	𒉿𒀀𒋻	𒌑𒄿𒋫𒀀𒅈
absolutive	wa-a-tar	ú-i-ta-a-ar
ergative	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒀭𒍝	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒀭𒋼𒌍
ergative	ú-i-te-na-an-za	ú-i-te-na-an-te-eš
genitive	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒀸	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒀸
genitive	ú-i-te-na-aš	ú-i-te-na-aš
dative-locative	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒂊𒉌	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒀸
dative-locative	ú-i-te-e-ni	ú-i-te-na-aš
allative	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾	–
allative	ú-i-te-na	–
ablative	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒊍	𒌑𒄿𒋼𒈾𒊍
ablative	ú-i-te-na-az	ú-i-te-na-az
instrumental	𒌑𒄿𒋫𒀭𒋫, 𒌑𒄿𒋼𒉌𒀉	𒌑𒄿𒋫𒀭𒋫, 𒌑𒄿𒋼𒉌𒀉
instrumental	ú-i-ta-an-ta, ú-i-te-ni-it	ú-i-ta-an-ta, ú-i-te-ni-it
More than one syllabification is possible. For more information see Wiktionary:Hittite transliteration

Buck, C. D. (1920), “Hittite an Indo-European Language?”, in Classical Philology‎, volume 15, issue 2, pages 189–90

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