āppū-

This lexeme is found on a few fragments, whose language is treated here as Palaic.

[D.S.]

Due to the fragmentary state of the attestations, the grammatical interpretation of these words listed in the table above should be considered tentative. Concerning āppūi, a verbal form in the 3^rd singular present of the ḫi-conjugation is appealing, although a dative singular in -i or even an adposition cannot be entirely excluded. The form a-ap-pu-u-i-la-az-[ … ] (KUB 35.153, 6’), an apparent derivative of āppūi, is somewhat obscure, but it implies a nominal derivation in -ili- derived from the base āppū-. The other attestation found in the sequence ˹a^?-pu-uz˺-za-ti-<it>-˹ta˺ is best interpreted as a verbal form ending in -t combined with an s-epenthesis triggered by the following reflexive particle =ti, i.e. aput + =ti + =tta > apuzz(a)=ti=tta. The same sandhi phenomenon occurs in the preceding line, see Pal. išḫa-. This attestation supports the verbal interpretation put forward for the attestations of āppūi.

[D.S.]

Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).

[D.S.]

The context of the two fragments KUB 35.153 and KUB 60.92 has something to do with ‘thriving’. The word āppū- seems to be the base of Pal. appuzzi- c. ‘fat, tallow’ (= Hitt. appuzzi- n.), which in turn would be the base of p/wūzzanni- ‘sheep fat’. This etymological connection, however, sheds little light on the meaning of the absolute base āppū-.

[D.S.]

1. appuzzi-
2. p/wūzzanni-

No reconstruction is suggested here; cf. under the derivatives.

[D.S.]