/hantahid-/, “FRONS”-hi-ti
‘pre- eminence’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 1077
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/hantahid-/, “FRONS”-hi-ti
‘pre- eminence’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested twice in the HLuw. corpus on inscriptions from Karkamiš, which are dated to around 800 BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| dat. sg. | /hantahidi/ | “FRONS”-hi-ti | KARKAMIŠ A7, §14 (Karkamiš) |
| KARKAMIŠ A15b, §13 (Karkamiš) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of the form is reasonably certain, because the spelling involves the logogram FRONS (*26), which ties the present word securely to the family around HLuw. /hant(a)-/ ‘face’. Partially visible in the spelling, the suffix /-ahid-/ is well-known from other HLuw. words and its assumed shape therefore secure.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning proposed for the present lexeme is based first and foremost on its morphology, as it is built from the noun /hant(a)-/ ‘face’ and the abstract suffix /-ahid-/ (cf. Hawkins 1979a:159 n. 45 and n. 49). This is borne out by the attestations in their contexts, where /hantahid-/ is used as an attribute to people of power. Cf. e.g. KARKAMIŠ A15b, §13 with wa/i-ta REX-tá-za “FRONS”-hi-ti ARMA-na kwa/i-ti (MANUS.ARMA)su-hi-i-ti-ha, i.e. /wa=tta hantawattanza hantahidi warpin kwadi suhidiha/, recently re-translated as ‘(I exalted Kamani as successor), when I armed him for pre-eminence over kings’ (Yakubovich 2019a:551).
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1.1.5Stem
Derived from the noun /hant(a)-/ ‘face’, this lexeme is an abstract formation in /-ahid-/. Although the relevant case forms are not attested, the present lemma can be taken as a neuter noun, because formations in /-ahid-/ are neuters, see e.g. Yakubovich 2015b:6.2.
[AH.B.]
For the lemma head see PAnat. *Hant-.