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This article examines the etymology of yukas in Hittite, uncovering its origins and significance.
Sturtevant in HG 144, speaking of relatively transparent nouncompounds in Hittite, goes on to say ‘One may be almost equally sure that tayukas (ta-a-i-ú-ga-aš, da-a-i-ú-ga-aš, ta-a-ú-ga-aš) ‘two years old’ beside yukas (i-ú-ga-aš) ‘one year old’ is a compound whose prior member is akin to tan (ta-a-an, da-a-an) ‘iterum, second’; but our ignorance of the etymology of the second member makes its classification impossible'. This article is an attempt to explain the word yukas ‘yearling’.
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