/kwalayana-/, (HORDEUM)kwa/i-la-ia-na-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 1233
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/kwalayana-/, (HORDEUM)kwa/i-la-ia-na-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
Attested once, this hapax legomenon can be found in one of the Assur letters, dating to the late 8th century BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. | /kwalayanan/ | (HORDEUM)kwa/i-la-ia-na-na | ASSUR letter e, §23 (Assur) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this lexeme is tentative. While the word is evidently attested in fully syllabic spelling, the HLuw. writing system leaves too much room for ambiguities, and there is no known link to a word attested in CLuw. to alleviate this.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Used in the context of an Assur letter, this lexeme appears to denote something, likely a commodity, that can be transported. The writer is commanding the addressee to send kwalayanan as well as salumasan, whose meaning is likewise obscure. Both words are preceded by the logogram HORDEUM (*179), which may suggest a semantic connection to grain, and perhaps barley in particular.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Because of its unclear meaning, the word cannot be analysed sensibly beyond the observation that it is a common gender noun and evidently not subject to i-mutation. Perhaps it is connected to the verbal root /kwal-/ ‘to turn’, which is not as such attested in HLuw., but clearly serves as a basis for the noun /kwalan-/ ‘army’.
[AH.B.]