walantiya-

Hapax in a Luwian ritual (LNS).

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nom.-acc. pl. n.

˹wa˺-la-an-te-ia

KUB 35.39 i 27

(CTH 759, LNS)

The attestation follows CLL:251 (cf. also Laroche 1959a:104, who adds [ú-la-an-te]-ya-an from KUB 35.43 iii 30, where Carruba 1982a:36 even sees the traces of ˹te˺, unlike Starke 1985b:147, who sees the traces of ˹li˺ instead: in fact, neither the hand copy nor the photo shows any traces of this sign and thus this restoration is not accepted here) checked against the photograph of the Konkordanz. Carruba 1982a:36 and Starke 1985b:112 (followed by CLL:251) restore an [u] at the beginning of the word, Laroche 1959a:104 prefers [ú] instead, but none of them can be verified, since the number of signs broken off is unknown (note also the justified question mark of Tischler 2008a:217).

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Based on the transparent derivation with the -iya- appurtenance suffix and the doubtless meaning of the base there is a general and justified agreement that this word means ‘of the dead’ (Carruba 1982a:38; Melchert 1990a:201, CLL:251; Tischler 2016a:416; contra Laroche 1959a:104 [‘(le) mort’]; Starke 1990a:38 [‘dead’] and Tischler 2008a:217 [‘tödlich, sterblich’, but cf. above]; not included in Ünal 2016a).

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Last updated: 22 May 2020