“To show” in Hittite and Palaic Rituals

This paper presents a textual analysis of CTH 751 called a Palaic ritual with bread offerings . Due to new joins made by the author, it is now possible to attribute several Palaic fragments placed under CTH 754 to CTH 751. This contributes to a better contextual understanding of the largest Palaic text. The focus of this paper will be the semantic analysis of the Palaic verb takkuwa ( g ) a- (di) , whose elucidation has been facilitated by the new joins. This verb is equated etymologically with Hittite dakkudakuwā ( i ) - (mi) and takku- (mi) , both of debated semantics. In light of the new analysis of the Palaic verb, the two Hittite cognates will be reanalyzed contextually.