| Word | kinawar |
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| Meaning | copper |
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Greek: κιννάβαροι
‘a mineral form of mercuric sulphide’ |
| Synonyms | šiniti |
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Hittite URUDU; Soysal, 2004, 365 connects the term with Ancient Greek Κύπρος and Hurrian kab(a)li, assuming the development knwr > knpr > kpr. For more information see Kassian 2010. Also Gk. κιννάβαροι = a mineral form of mercuric sulphide |
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Other words that might be of interest |
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| pu/bu ‘to do, make’, ḫamuruwa ‘beam, rafter’, ureš ‘smith’, ḫapalki ‘iron’, ḫel ‘to strew, to pour’, tiḫ ‘to build’, tewū ‘to pour’, pakku ‘hammer’, kurkupal ‘peg, nail’, ḫil ‘to pour’, arzili ‘tin’, *arkiw- ‘canopy, awning’, ziḫartail ‘carpenter’, huzzaššai ‘smith’ | |