PONERE2.PONERE2-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Class
- Unclassified
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1164
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
PONERE2.PONERE2-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
Attested twice, this lexeme can be found in Karkamiš and Tell Ahmar, both inscriptions dating to the late 10th or early 9th century BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pret. ind. act. | /…/ | PONERE2.PONERE2-tà | KARKAMIŠ A26a1+2, §a (Karkamiš) |
| [PONER]E2.PONERE2-tà | BOROWSKI 2, l. 1 (Tell Ahmar) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this verb is largely unclear, because there are no syllabically spelt attestations. Moreover, it is likewise uncertain what cognate links, if any, the verb may have either within HLuw. or the other Anatolian languages. The logograms used are inverted versions of the sign PONERE (sign *65), i.e. two hands pointing downwards in this case. Only the ending of the 3sg. pret. act. is consistently spelt with 〈-tà〉 (*41) rather than any of the other TA signs, which strongly suggests that the dental is lenited (cf. Rieken 2008b:639).
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Both inscriptions the word appears in are badly broken, and the relevant clauses are but partially preserved within fragmentary contexts. The clauses have one other word in common, viz. the noun /tabariya-/ ‘commander’, and while that suggests that their contents may be similar, it is not enough to clear up the meaning of the verb. Cf. also the remarks in Hawkins 2000a:120f., 558 regarding the possible meaning inherent in the logograms used to depict the verb, i.e. PONERE2, two hands reaching down. He hence very tentatively puts forward the hypothesis that the verb may have denoted an action such as ‘to protect’ or ‘to bless’, but is adamant that neither meaning should be assigned until further evidence for the verb has been unearthed to shed more light on the matter.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Unknown. The use of 〈-tà〉 (sign *41) instead of any of the other TA signs suggests that the dental is lenited and the verb therefore belongs to the lenited mi-conjugation, which is used for several stem classes, cf. the overview in Sasseville 2021a:548.
[AH.B.]