/huhadi(ya)-/, (AVUS)hu-ha-ti-

The four occurrences of this lexeme originate from three different inscriptions found in Karkamiš, and in the south in Hama and Tell Ahmar. The texts date to between the late 10^th and the mid-9^th centuries BCE.

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dat./loc. sg.	/huhadi/	(AVUS)hu-ha-ti	TELL AHMAR 1, §14 (Tell Ahmar)
nom./acc. pl. n.	/huhadiya/	AVUS-ha-ti-ia	KARKAMIŠ A11a, §8 (Karkamiš)
		AVUS-ti-ia	KARKAMIŠ A11a, §13 (Karkamiš)
dat./loc. pl.	/huhadinz/	AVUS-ha-ti-za	HAMA 4, §10 (Hama)

The attestation in HAMA 4, §10 is read 〈AVUS-ha-tì-za〉 instead of 〈AVUS-ha-tà-za〉, because the sign *41 can be read 〈tì〉 as well as 〈tà〉, as was established by Simon 2019f:329f. That the form is to be interpreted as the adjective /huhadi(ya)-/ rather than the noun /huhad(i)-/ is strongly suggested by the context, in which it occurs overtly coordinated with /tadinz/ ‘paternal’: (DEUS)pa-ha-la-ti-sà-pa-wa/i DEUS.DOMUS+MI-za á-mi-za tá-ti-za AVUS-ha-tà-za-ha-wa/i ara/i-za a+ra/i-tà a-tá (“*218”)ta+ra/i-pa-ri+i-ta, approx. /Pahalattis(sa)=ba)wa …-=za amminz tadinz huhadinz aranz arada anta tarparitta/, translating as ‘In my father’s and ancestors’ time, disaster befell Ba’alatis’ temple’.

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The meaning of the lexeme is based on both contextual and morphological evidence. Representing an adjective in /-i(ya)-/ derived from /huhad(i)-/ ‘great-grandfather’, the most direct interpretation of the word is ‘of great-grandfather’, and this meaning is borne out in a few contexts, e.g. TELL AHMAR 1, §14: *a-wa/i-mu *a-mi-i (AVUS)hu-ha-ti LIGNUM-la-ha-ti SUPER+ra/i-a x-x-ta, approx. /a=wa=mu ammi huhadi salhanti sarra …-t(t)a/, meaning ‘he …-ed me up to my great-grandfather’s greatness’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:240, 242).

However, some other contexts suggest that the meaning may also be a less specific ‘ancestral’, e.g. KARKAMIŠ A11a, §8: *a-wa/i-mu-tá á-ma tá-ti-ia AVUS-ha-ti-ia REGIO-ní-ia (*33(1))mi-tà-sa₅+ra/i-i-na kwa/i-a-ti a-tá i-zi-ia-tá, approx. /a=wa=mu=tta amma tadiya huhadiya wattaniya midassarin kwadi anta izziyanta/, meaning ‘They (scil. the aforementioned gods) made my paternal and ancestral lands as a reward to me’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:95 Who, however, translates “my father’s and grandfather’s lands”.).

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The adjective is derived from the noun /huhad(i)-/ ‘great-grandfather’ with the productive suffix /-i(ya)-/, which forms adjectives of appurtenance, cf. e.g. Melchert 2003b:197. The present lexeme replaces a form of the same meaning with the suffix /-alla/i-/, see the discussion under /huhadalla/i-/ ‘ancestral’.

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For the derivational base, see HLuw. /huhad(i)-/.