Words in Hittite for meaning 15-870 "clean"

Comment

CHD, HEG: 'pure, clean, free of impurities, innocent'; see parkunu- 'cleanse, purify' opposed to saknuwan(t)- 'impure, defiled', paprant- 'impure, unclean, proven guilty by ordeal', papratar 'impurity', see 'dirty' 15.880; 'guilty', see also 'holy' 22.190. Hittite cleanliness and sanitation were inextricably linked to notions of religious purity: Ünal 1993. Loan is from Luwian. Akkadogram ELLUM.

Original IDS Data

parkui-, [halali-]