ḫalalannu-
‘to purify’
- Language
- Common Luwian
- Class
- Derivative
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1342
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
ḫalalannu-
‘to purify’1.1.1Transmission
Attested in a Luwian ritual (LNS).
[Zs.S.]
1.1.2Forms
| unknown | ḫa-˹la˺[-la-]˹an˺[-nu- | KBo 9.6 ii 1 |
Imperfective:
| 3pl. pret. | ḫa-la-la-an-nu-uš-ša-an-da | KUB 35.39 ii 23 |
| 3pl. imp. | ḫa-la-la-an-nu-uš-ša-an-du | KUB 35.39 ii 25 |
The attestations follow CLL:46 (see also Laroche 1959a:38 and Sasseville 2018b:416) checked against the photographs of the Mainzer Photoarchiv.
[Zs.S.]
1.1.3Meaning ‘to purify’
There is a general and justified agreement that this word means ‘to purify’ (Laroche 1959a:38; CLL:46; HED Ḫ:13; Tischler 2008a:39, Tischler 2016a:58; Ünal 2016a:955; Sasseville 2018b:416) being a causative derivative of ḫalal(i)- ‘pure’, see s.v., which is fitting also the partly fragmentary context. The meaning of the imperfective form was described as iterative (CLL:46 and Tischler 2016a:58) or factitive-iterative (Laroche 1959a:38), but Sasseville 2018b:416 correctly argued on contextual grounds that it is distributive.
[Zs.S.]
Last updated: 26 October 2020