zappalalla/i-
‘caretaker of the zappal’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 1167
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
zappalalla/i-
‘caretaker of the zappal’1.1.1Transmission
The word is attested once in the NS copy of a Hittite festival text.
[E.R.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | [LÚza-ap-pa-l]a-al-li-iš | KBo 20.57 rev. 11’ | (CTH 832, NS) |
| LÚza-ap-pa-la-al-li-iš | KBo 20.57 rev. 16’ | (CTH 832, NS) | |
| LÚza-ap-pa-la-al-l[i- | KBo 22.262 r. col. 10’ | (CTH 580, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz.
[E.R.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning assignment follows Starke 1990a:335 and Melchert (CLL:278) and is based entirely on the analysis of the stem formation (see under Stem). HEG W-Z:661 and Pecchioli Daddi 1982a:269 do not offer any translation.
[E.R.]
1.1.5Stem
Following Starke 1990a:335 and Melchert (CLL:278), LÚzappalalla/i- is derived with the adjectival suffix -alla/i- from *zappal-. In contrast to the instrument noun GIŠzappalālla (see under Lemma), the common gender stem is substantivized as an agent noun.
[E.R.]
1.1.6Origin
It is the parallel stem formation of CLuw. GIŠzappalālla and LÚzappalalla/i- in Hittite transmission that points to a Luwian origin.
[E.R.]
For the lemma head see CLuw. *zapp-.