单词 | nesite |
释义 | Nesiten. 1. A name given to the official language used in Hittite documents; = Kanesian n.The meaning of našili and nešumnili in Hittite texts has been disputed, but the view of Hrozný (see source cited in etymological note above, and 1931 in Jrnl. Asiatique 218 318–19) is now generally accepted, i.e. that the words relate to the former Hittite capital Nešaš (or Nesa) and designate the Indo-European Hittite aristocracy and its language (see also quot. 1954). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Anatolian > Hittite > Kanesian Kanesian1928 Nesite1933 Nesitic1949 Nesian1954 1920 A. H. Sayce in Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 605 Literary Hittite is once called ‘Luvian’, Lûi-li, ‘in Luvian’, taking the place of the more usual nâsi-li.] 1933 E. H. Sturtevant Compar. Gram. Hittite Lang. i. 28 Hrozný..may be correct in thinking that the word Nesumnili..refers to official Hittite and therefore in calling the latter Nesite. 1954 O. R. Gurney Hittites (ed. 2) 122 While Hrozný adopted the name ‘Nésite’ (i.e., the language of the city Nesa), Forrer preferred ‘Kanisisch’ (i.e., the language of Kanesh). It is now generally agreed that ‘Nésite’ or ‘Nesian’ (derived from the Hittite adverb našili or nešumnili) is indeed the true name of the language. 1964 G. Roux Anc. Iraq xiv. 191 Centuries later, those Nesite-speaking invaders conquered the centre of the Anatolian plateau. 1972 W. B. Lockwood Panorama Indo-European Lang. xiv. 262 The terms used are nasili (or nisili) and nesumnili meaning respectively ‘in the language of Nesa’ and ‘in the language of those of Nesa’, and Hittite has since occasionally been called Nesite. 1991 P. James et al. Cent. of Darkness (1992) vi. 118 Others were in the Nesite branch of the Hittite language group, which was deciphered by 1915. 2. A member of the Hittite people who used this language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of the Middle East and Asia Minor > [noun] > person Idumaeanc897 PhilistineeOE PhilisteeOE Philistianc1375 Midianitea1382 Moabitea1382 Chaldee1382 Scytha1387 Ammonitea1393 Alana1450 Amorite1530 Kenite1535 Scythian1543 Nabatean1555 Illyrian1584 Sabaean1607 Hittite1608 Homerite1613 White Hun1653 Judahite1708 Alarodian1709 Cimmerian1797 Thamudite1833 Himyarite1842 Akkadian1857 Saka1880 Ephthalite1882 Kassite1888 Hurrian1911 Hattian1914 Tarsian1914 Subarian1923 Gutian1928 Urartian1934 Nesite1949 Luvian1961 Eblaite1976 1949 F. O. Stein tr. L. Matouš Bedřich Hrozný 26 Later, in a paper published in Volume I of ‘Archiv Orientální’ (Oriental Archives).., Hrozný shewed that the Indo-European Hittites originally called themselves Nesites, from their ancient city Neshash. 1964 G. Roux Anc. Iraq xiv. 191 The Luwians..settled to the west of Cilicia, along the coast,..and the so-called Nesites in Cappadocia. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1933 |
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