/hinuwa(/i)-/, (“*261”)hi-nu-wa/i-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, gender unknown
- ID
- 1443
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/hinuwa(/i)-/, (“*261”)hi-nu-wa/i-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
The lexeme is attested once on an inscription from Maraş, possibly dating to around 800 BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. sg.(?) | /hinuwa/i?/ | (“*261”)hi?-nu?-˹wa/i˺ | MARAŞ 14, §13 (Maraş) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of the present lexeme is not certain, because it is a hapax legomenon and so far unconnected to possible cognates. Furthermore, all signs after the logogram *261 are barely legible, and only the word divider before the next set of signs shows that the word is probably complete as is.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The lexeme occurs within the protasis of a longer curse formula, but just before much of the remainder of the inscription breaks off; its meaning can hence not be fully assessed within the context. It is possible, though in no way provable on the basis of the currently available data, that /hinuwa(/i)-/ is related to the verb /hinu(wa)-(i)/ ‘to move’.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The word appears to be a dat./loc. sg., but because of the vowel indifferent sign 〈wa/i〉 it remains unclear whether the attested form ends in /-i/ or /-a/. The latter ending would indicate that the noun was an a-stem, while the former would signify any other kind of stem. As it is and until further evidence emerges, the stem formation remains in the dark.
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