*ināsso/i-
‘the sick ones (?)’
- Language
- Proto-Luwic
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 1485
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
inašša/i-
‘the sick ones (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in a ritual against sickness.
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1.1.2Forms
| gen. adj. nom. pl. c. | i-na-aš-ši-˹en˺-zi | KBo 13.260 iii 7’ | (CTH 766, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz.
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1.1.4Meaning
In her translation of the passage, Rieken 2007a:464 translates the word inaššinzi with ‘the sick ones’ in an obvious connection with Hitt. inan- n. ‘sickness, complaints’. This is supported by the context in which inašša/i- refers to people with a negative condition. Although the two adduced cognates may share the same root, their morphological structure cannot be the same, since the base of the Luwian genitival adjective inašša/i- (and Lycian inahe/i-) must be an a-stem, not an n-stem. Therefore, if the etymology is correct, two different nominal formations must be postulated within Anatolian.
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1.2 Lycian A
inahe/i-
‘the sick ones (?)’1.2.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in the grave inscription of Ikuwe dated to the reign of Alexander the Great.
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1.2.2Forms
| gen. adj. dat. pl. | inahe | TL 29.6 (Tlos) |
Carruba 1977a:308 and Lebrun 1999a:51 interpret inahe as dative plural, which is the most likely hypothesis, since we expect an indirect object, i.e. the recipient of the zzatijẽ, to be mentioned in the sentence. Neumann 2007a:152 points out that it could instead be a genitive singular of a personal name, which is formally possible, but seems contextually less likely.
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1.2.3Graphic Features
The readings of the letters preceding the word inahe are debated; cf. Kalinka 1901a:27, Tekoğlu 2006a. Nevertheless, it is fairly certain that inahe is complete as such and that the last letter of the preceding word [.].e represents the agreeing dative plural ending.
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1.2.4Meaning
Lebrun 1999a:51 and Melchert (DLL:28) compare Lycian inahe/i- with Luwian inašša/i-, which is a perfect match. Whereas the Luwian word denotes people afflicted perhaps by sickness, Lycian inahe/i- can be seen as an attribute of the recipient of some kind of allocations pertaining to the war. It is thus possible that inahe/i- likewise means something negative and refers to people in a sick condition, but more work on the context is necessary in order to get full confirmation. It is left untranslated in Gehrisch 2018a:39.
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2. Reconstruction
2.1Reconstruction ‘the sick ones (?)’
The base of Luwian inašša/i- and Lyc. A inahe/i- can be assigned to a stem in -eh2- due to the Lycian vowel -a- in -ahe/i-. Thus, the Luwic base would be *inā- c. ‘sickness (?)’. The Hittite cognate inan- n. ‘sickness’, which helped Rieken 2004a:464f. decipher the Luwian word, is likely to share the same root, but must be seen as a different word formation, i.e. a neuter n-stem. The origin of the Anatolian root in- meaning ‘sickness, complaints’ is very unclear; cf. HED:365f., HEG I-K:358, EDHIL:386.
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