Word suppi-

Meanings

• holy, sacred

Comment

HW, HEG. 'Holy, dedicated'; (anda) suppiyahh- '(re-)consecrate'. Opposite: marsa-, marsahh- 'unholy, desecrate' (CHD). See also parkui- 'pure, clean, innocent' 15.870. Cultic or ritual purity was paramount in Hittite culture and inextricable from notions of cleanliness: Ünal (1993).