ADORARE-su-
‘to worship’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1265
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
ADORARE-su-
‘to worship’1.1.1Transmission
Attested three times, this verb can be found in inscriptions from Amuq, Karkamiš, and Tabal. The relevant texts are dated to the 9th and 8th centuries BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| inf. | /…/ | “ADORARE”-su-na | KARKAMIŠ A31+, §8 (Karkamiš) |
| unclear | ADORARE? | HİSARCIK 2, §1 (Tabal) | |
| ADORARE[...] | TULEIL 1, l.3 (Amuq) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this lexeme remains in the dark (thus already Laroche 1960c:3), except for the fact that its stem ends in /s/, but see the discussion of the stem below. It is not known whether or not the verb has cognates in any of the other Anatolian languages. Only the infinitive ending in KARKAMIŠ A31+, §8 /-una/ matches the shape known from other infinitives and is therefore certain.
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1.1.4Meaning
Even though the phonological shape of the present lexeme has so far remained unknown, its meaning is reasonably clear, see Laroche 1960c:3, tentatively followed by Meriggi (HHG:181). The semantic interpretation is based on the shape of the logogram used (ADORARE, sign *6) in combination with the context it appears in in KARKAMIŠ A31+, §8: wa/i-tú REX-zi GRAVIS-wa/i-zi-ha DOMINUS-zi “ADORARE”-su-na a-ta-na PES2.PES2-ti, approx. /wa=du hantawattinzi kwanzuwinzi=ha nanninzi …-suna antan …-nti/, translating as ‘Kings and important lords (will) walk in to pray to her’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:142).
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1.1.5Stem
The attested forms provide very little information as to the morphological shape of the verb, only KARKAMIŠ A31+, §8 shows that the stem there ends in /s/. It is possible, though not provable, that the verb stem ends in the suffix /-ssa-(i)/, which marks imperfectivity (cf. Sasseville 2021a:488-504). [If the verb is indeed a derivation in /-ssa-/, the form /…-ssuna/ would prove that the stem final /a/ can be dropped before the infinitive ending. A similar process is already known from the 1sg. pres. ind., which alternates between /-ssawi/ and /-ssuwi/, see Sasseville 2021a:489.]
Since the other occurrences of the verb are bare logograms or break off immediately after, it cannot be said with certainty that the forms are also derived with /-ssa-/ and thus actually belong to the same paradigm; they may be instances of a different stem.
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