/huhadul(i)-/, AVUS-ha-tu-li-
‘forefather’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 1503
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/huhadul(i)-/, AVUS-ha-tu-li-
‘forefather’1.1.1Transmission
The two attestations of this lexeme occur in inscriptions from Karkamiš and Maraş, dating to between the late 10th and the mid-9th centuries BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. | /huhadulin/ | AVUS-ha-tu-˹li˺ | MARAŞ 4, §11 (Maraş) |
| nom. pl. | /huhadulinzi/ | *348.LA/I/U-tà-li-zi | KARKAMIŠ A11b+c, §8 (Karkamiš) |
Both attestations are followed by the connector 〈-ha〉, /=ha/ ‘and’, which in the case of MARAŞ 4, §11 means that the word-final /n/ is omitted in spelling.
The attestation in KARKAMIŠ A11b+c, §8 is likely to belong to the present lexeme (see Hawkins 2000a:105) instead of the similar looking adjective /huhadalla/i-/ ‘ancestral, of great-grandfather’, because it is part of a string of kinship nouns in its context: *a-pa-tá-za-pa-wa/i-ta (TERRA+LA+LA)wa/i-li-li-tà-za *a-mi-i-zi tá-ti-i-zi AVUS-ha-ti-zi-ha *348.LA/I/U-tà-li-zi-ha NEG2-a (PES2)hwa/i-hwa/i-sà-tá-si, translating as ‘But to those territories, my fathers, great-grandfathers (or: ancestors), and forefathers had not marched’, cf. Hawkins 2000a:103. For that reason, it is possible that the word should be transliterated as 〈*348.LA/I/U-tux-li-zi〉, because the sign *41, usually read 〈tà〉 for /da/ (Rieken 2008b:642) and more recently also 〈tì〉 for /di/ (Simon 2019f:329f.), appears to represent /du/ here. *41 is mostly used to indicate the quality of the dental as /d/ rather than /t/, whereas its original vowel quality appears to hold less importance.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this lexeme is quite certain despite the lack of fully phonetic renditions. Firstly, the word clearly belongs to the family around /huha-/ ‘grandfather’, whose phonology is largely clear, cf. the discussions in the individual lemmas. Secondly, the use of the sign *41 implies strongly that the dental is to be read /d/ rather than /t/ (see Rieken 2008b:642). Some uncertainty remains regarding the quality of the lateral, i.e. the interpretation may need to be altered to /huhaduwall(i)-/ in case more evidence surfaces esp. from the other Anatolian languages.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning was posited already by Meriggi 1934a:41 (as “Ahnen”), based on the context in KARKAMIŠ A11b+c, §8, and it has been followed by scholars since. The sense also becomes obvious 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’ (cf. e.g. Hawkins 2000a:256).
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1.1.5Stem
Hawkins 2000a:258 tentatively suggests that the word is a formation in /-wal(i)-/, a suffix attested in both HLuw. and CLuw., and a suitable pre-form for the present shape may have been */huhaduwal(i)-/, then syncopated to /huhadul(i)-/. It is not clear, however, how the putative derivational basis, i.e. */huhadu-/, should be analysed besides being based on the noun /huhad(i)-/ ‘great-grandfather’. So far, the word has no full cognates in the other Anatolian languages that could shed more light on the matter.
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For the lemma head, see HLuw. /huha-/.