/huhad(i)-/, AVUS-ha-ti-
‘great-grandfather, ancestor’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, common
- ID
- 1498
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/huhad(i)-/, AVUS-ha-ti-
‘great-grandfather, ancestor’1.1.1Transmission
The three occurrences of this lexeme can be found in inscriptions from Karkamiš, Maraş, and Tell Ahmar, all dating to between the late 10th and the mid-9th centuries BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | /huhadis/ | [(AVUS)]hu-ha-[...]-sa | TELL AHMAR 1, §7 (Tell Ahmar) |
| acc. sg. | /huhadin/ | AVUS-ha-ti-na | MARAŞ 4, §11 (Maraş) |
| nom. pl. | /huhadinzi/ | AVUS-ha-ti-zi | KARKAMIŠ A11b+c, §8 (Karkamiš) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this lexeme was first suggested by Laroche 1958b:188, also mentioning */huhanti-/ as a possibility, which a number of other scholars considered as well.E.g. Hawkins 1980a:147, 149 and Oshiro 1990a:88, who adduces Hittite ḫuḫḫant- ‘grandfather, ancestor’ (for which see HW2 Ḫ:634, 638f.), although it denotes a different kinship generation than the HLuw. word. However, both the CLuw. cognate ḫuḫadalla/i- ‘ancestral’ and the two adjectives derived from the present lemma, /huhadalla/i-/ ‘ancestral’ and /huhadi(ya)-/ ‘of great-grandfather, ancestral’, all feature spellings either with a single dental or, in the case of HLuw., with 〈tà, tì〉 (sign *41). This fact strongly supports the interpretation /huhad(i)-/, because singleton spelling in CLuw. and the sign *41 in HLuw. are used specifically to denote a lenited dental, cf. Rieken 2008b:642.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The first interpretation offered by Laroche 1958b:188 only covered ‘ancestor’, because the word often comes paired with /tad(i)-/ ‘father’, thereby skipping a kinship generation. Hawkins 1980a:149 hypothesises that /huhad(i)-/ should be understood rather as ‘grandfather’ in those instances, but there is no compelling evidence supporting that view. However, it is likely that the meaning ‘ancestor’ is a secondary development based on the original meaning ‘great-grandfather’, which is also still present in HLuw., see Hawkins 1980a:147, 149. The most instructive passage in this respect is that found in MARAŞ 4, §11: a-wa/i *187 TERRA mi tá-ti-na AVUS-ha-na AVUS-ha-ti-na AVUS-ha-tu-˹li˺-ha (BONUS)wa/i-li-ia-nú-wa/i-ha, approx. /a=wa hartuwiya taskwari ammin tadin huhan huhadin huhadulin=ha walliyanuwahha/ ‘I exalted my father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and forefather in the beloved land’.
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1.1.5Stem
The present lexeme is derived from the noun /huha-/ ‘grandfather’ by way of suffixation with /-ad(i)-/, which is commonly used for forming secondary nouns (cf. PLuw. *Habā́d-). Stems of this class are common gender and undergo i-mutation, although the forms attested in the HLuw. corpus do not provide proof for the latter.
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1.1.6Derivatives
For the lemma head, see HLuw. /huha-/.