/luslusa-(i)/, (“FLAMMAE”)la/i/u-sà-la/i/u-sà-
‘to sacrifice (by burning)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1301
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/luslusa-(i)/, (“FLAMMAE”)la/i/u-sà-la/i/u-sà-
‘to sacrifice (by burning)’1.1.1Transmission
Attested once, this hapax legomenon can be found in an inscription from Hama, dating to the mid-9th century BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3pl. pret. act. | /luslusanta/ | (“FLAMMAE?”)la/i/u-sà-la/i/u-sà-ta | HAMA 4, §11 (Hama) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Although attested only once, the phonological interpretation of this verb can be regarded as reasonably certain because of its overt spelling and the fact that it is a reduplicated formation. The choice of 〈sà〉 (*104) over any of the other SA signs suggests that the phoneme /s/ was represented by its allophone /ʃ/ in this word, conditioned by the preceding /u/, see Rieken 2010b:657f.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning was first assigned by Poetto 1979b:673, following the more tentative suggestions by Hawkins 1975a:138 and Hawkins 1979b:155 and reassessing the relevant contexts of the present verb and its associated noun /luzzall(i)-/. Note that scholars used to read both /luslusa-/ and /luzzall(i)-/ with a-vocalism instead, i.e. “laslas-” and “lazala/i-”, see Hawkins 2000a:28 for more information on the sign *445 〈la/i/u〉. In the context of HAMA 4, §11, the clause runs as follows: (“BOS”)u-su-pa-ta-tì-ha-wa/i (“FLAMMAE?”)la/i/u-za-li-na NEG2-a (“FLAMMAE?”)la/i/u-sà-la/i/u-sà-ta DEUS-ni-i SUPER+ra/i-a INFRA-ta, approx. /usuppattadi=ha=wa luzzallin na luslussanta massani sarra zanta/, which is interpreted tentatively as ‘They did not sacrifice a complete burning (= holocaust) with a bull offering to the god up (and) down’, cf. Hawkins 2000a:405f.
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1.1.5Stem
Clearly reduplicated, the simplex form serving as a base for the present verb may or may not be attested in HLuw., see /lu-x-/ ‘to burn (intrans.)’. The stem is formed by the addition of an /-a-/ to the reduplicated root. As is typical for reduplicated verbs in Luwian, /luslusa-/ inflects according to the ḫi-conjugation, cf. Sasseville 2021a:340.
[AH.B.]
For the lemma head see HLuw. */lus-/.