/warallin/, wa/i˹+ra/i˺-li-na
‘on his/her own’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adv
- ID
- 1256
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/warallin/, wa/i˹+ra/i˺-li-na
‘on his/her own’1.1.1Transmission
Attested just once, this hapax legomenon originates from a Commagene inscription, dating to the early 8th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| indecl. | /warallin/ | wa/i˹+ra/i˺-li-na | BOYBEYPINARI 2, §13 (Commagene) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this lexeme is certain, because it is part of the larger word family around /waralla/i-/ ‘own’ with cognate links to CLuw. waralla/i- ‘own’ and GKW 
niwaralla/i- ‘alien, hostile’ (cf. CLL:160).
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1.1.4Meaning
The basic meaning of the word is clear for its obvious cognate link with /waralla/i-/ ‘own’, yet its morphosyntactic context renders the interpretation less than straightforward. The present form occurs in the multi-part protasis of a curse formula in BOYBEYPINARI 2, §13: ni-pa-wa/i-ti wa/i˹+ra/i˺-li-na á-pa-sa á-lá/í-ma-za i-zi-i-ti, approx. /niba=wa=di warallin abas alaman=za izzidi/ ‘Or (who) shall make her (scil. Kubaba’s) name on his/her own’. Despite looking like a regular adjective, it is unlikely that the form should be taken as the object complement, because the object /alaman-/ ‘name’ is a neuter noun and would therefore require /warallan=za/ instead of the attested /warallin/ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:339).
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1.1.5Stem
The adverb likely constitutes a lexicalised acc. sg. c. of the adjective /waralla/i-/ ‘own’. Rather than reverting to the more common nom./acc. sg. n. form for this purpose, the common gender reflects the animacy inherent to the expressed concept.
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