niwaralla-^(ti)

The verb occurs in several NS copies of the myth of the Kingship of ^DKAL (Kumarbi Cycle).

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3sg. pret. act.	ni-wa-ra-al-la-[at-ta]	KUB 33.111, 10’	(CTH 343, NS)
	ni-wa-ra-a[l-la-at-ta]	KUB 33.112 iii 10’	(CTH 343, NS)
	[]˹ni-wa-ra˺-la-at-ta	KUB 36.2d ii 10’	(CTH 343, NS)

Alternatively, Laroche (DLL:75) considers a nom./acc. pl. n. as a predicate noun agreeing with the subject KUR.KUR^MEŠ. However, the analysis of the stem formation is more plausible under the verbal interpretation (see under Stem).

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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With the verb being derived from niwaralla/i-, its semantic interpretation depends on the base, for which the meaning ‘improper, alienated’ is adopted here. However, the use of the suffix -a-^(ti) does not offer any grounds on which it is possible to decide between inchoative (‘to become improper, alienated’) and factitive semantics (‘to make improper, alienated’).

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The obvious derivational relationship between the adjective niwaralla/i- and the verb niwaralla-^(ti) is either explicitly or implicitly recognized in the literature (see DLL:75, Kronasser 1966a:478, CLL:159, CHD L-N:460, HEG L-N:338, HED N:122, Ünal 2007a:491). It is further supported by their co-occurrence within the same context and, in the case of niwaralla-^(ti), the stem suffix -a- (with unlenited endings), which is typically used to form denominative verbs (see also Sasseville 2021a:16-21).

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In addition to the gloss wedges used with niwaralla-^(ti), the antonymic relationship of its adjectival base ni-waralla/i- with waralla/i- as attested in the Cuneiform Luwian corpus leaves no doubt about the Luwian origin of the lexeme.

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For the lemma head see CLuw. waralla/i-.