/zir(a/i)lamma/i-/, zí-ra/i-la-mi-
‘fruitful’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 1508
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/zir(a/i)lamma/i-/, zí-ra/i-la-mi-
‘fruitful’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is a hapax legomenon and can be found in one inscription from Tabal, dating to the second half of the 8th century BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. sg. | /zir(a/i)lammi/ | zí-ra/i-la-mi-i | BULGARMADEN 1, §6 (Tabal) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
With just a single attestation, the phonological interpretation of this word remains somewhat uncertain, not least because of the vocalic underspecification of the sign 〈ra/i〉 in addition to whether or not to disregard any of the vowels forced by the script. Rieken 2003a:49f., followed by Mottausch 2011a:67, opts for /zīralamma/i-/, but depending on the underlying morphology, which remains partly opaque due to a lack of cognates in the other Anatolian languages, its shape may well have been /zirlamma/i-/; cf. the reconstruction under the lemma head.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The suggested meaning of this lexeme is assigned with reasonable certainty, following Rieken 2003a:49f. In the relevant clause, /zir(a/i)lamma/i-/ probably modifies the noun /wattani/ ‘country, area’ together with another adjective, /suhhappananti/ (see under lemma), both denoting positive attributes.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The form appears to be a participle in /-mma/i-/ and is thus part of the paradigm of an otherwise unattested verb */zir(a/i)la-/ vel sim. The verb, in turn, appears to be a denominal factitive (Rieken 2003a:50).
[AH.B.]
For the lemma head, see HLuw. */zar-/, */zir-/.