Urartian

Introduction

The Urartian language was spoken by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Urartu, located in the region of Lake Van, with its capital near the site of the modern town of Van, in the modern-day Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It was probably dominant around Lake Van and in the areas along the upper Zab valley.

The Urartian Verb

Verblist

• aša -- to go
• abili- -- to add, to join
• agu- -- to draw
• al- -- to speak, to enunciate
• am- -- to burn
• ar- -- to give
• atḫu- -- to excavate
• badgul- -- to besiege
• did- -- to distribute, to allot
• erida -- to appear
• haši -- to hear
• haiu- -- to capture, to steal
• hat- -- to consume, to eat
• hur- -- to drink
• hutia- -- to ask, to beg, to pray
• ḫa(y)- -- to take
• ḫarḫarš -- to destroy
• išti- -- to leave
• irb- -- to appropriate, to carry
• ke(i)dan- -- to aim, to point at
• kul- -- to let, to neglect, to abandon
• kuluyarš -- to flee
• kuṭu- -- to reach
• man- -- to remain, to stay
• mepu -- to bury
• naha -- to ascend
• nuldu -- to overpower, to dominate
• nuna- -- to come
• pal- -- to know
• paru -- to take
• pitu -- to beat
• pitulie -- to damage
• puh- -- to alter, to change
• qapqarš -- to seize, to capture
• sep- -- to plaster
• suut- -- to throw, to move, to deport
• šatu -- to grab
• šid- -- to build
• šiu- -- to bring, to lead
• šulušt- -- to prostrate, to fall to the ground
• tamhu- -- to separate, to eliminate
• tan- -- to put, to lay
• teli -- to establish, to put
• tequ- -- to throw down
• ter- -- to set
• terdu- -- to lay, to erect
• teru -- to place
• tiau- -- to say, to speak
• tulie -- to destroy
• tur- -- to destroy
• ušḫanu- -- to attribute, to confer, to grant, to award
• uštu- -- to present, to bestow, to dedicate
• uediadu -- to castrate, to cut up
• ul- -- to go
• ull- -- to perish
• ulušt -- to precede
• urb(u)- -- to sacrifice, to make an offering, to slaughter
• zašgu- -- to kill, to annihilate
• zad(u)- -- to make, to do
• zieldi -- to press, to oppress, to push, to subject