zizzara-⁽ⁱ⁾

This newly identified Luwian lexeme is found in the song of growth performed during an Old Hittite ritual of the disappearing deity involving the Palaic pantheon (Sasseville 2021a:368-371). The archaic Luwian dialect used in the song is similar to the one of Ištanuwa.

[D.S.]

3sg. impv. act.	zi-iz-za-ru-u(=)	KUB 32.18 iv 9’	(CTH 752, MS)
		KUB 32.18 iv 11’	(CTH 752, MS)
		KUB 32.18 iv 13’	(CTH 752, MS)
	zi-iz-za-r[u-u(=)	KUB 32.16 iv 5’	(CTH 752, OS)

The imperative ending -u of the ḫi-conjugation is an archaism of the Ištanuwa Luwian dialect, which is also present in the dialect of this particular song. Outdated Carruba 1970a:80.

[D.S.]

Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz. The plene spelling of the ending -u could be due to the following clitics, which would cause the accent on the verb to shift rightward, but cf. the reconstruction of the lemma head.

[D.S.]

Whereas the song in which the verb zizzarū is attested was previously thought to be Palaic, Sasseville 2021a:368-371 argues that it is Luwian instead, which allows a better analysis of its lexicon. The verb zizzarū segregated from the chain zizzarū=pi=a is etymologically connected with HLuw. /zarza-/ ‘to grow’ and zí-ra/i-la-mi- ‘prospering, fruitful’. This is contextually supported, because the subject of the verb is the non-growing harvest (Sasseville 2021a:370f.).

[D.S.]

For the lemma head see CLuw. */zar-/.