/habanzanuwa-(i)/, ha-pa-za-nu-wa/i-
‘to tie (?), to make obedient (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1582
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/habanzanuwa-(i)/, ha-pa-za-nu-wa/i-
‘to tie (?), to make obedient (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is a hapax legomenon, and its sole attestation can be found in an inscription from Tabal, which dates to the mid-8th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. impv. act. | /habanzanuwattu/ | ha-pa-za-nu-wa/i-tu-u | KULULU 1, §10 (Tabal) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The spelling of the lexeme is clear insofar as the HLuw. writing system permits. It is further supported by the fact that it is part of a word family in Luwian, see HLuw. /habanzulawa(/i)-/, and further Cuneiform Luwian cognates.
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1.1.4Meaning
Due to its sole occurrence in the corpus, the present lexeme can be fixed only tentatively with a meaning. For while the verbal suffix /-nuwa-/ has a clear causative meaning, the denotation of the adjectival base also seen in /habanzulawa(/i)-/ is tentative, see the discussion of the meaning there. The verb is used in the apodosis of a curse formula, describing the damage the Storm-God is called upon to inflict on anyone causing damage to the building inscription. However, the exact meaning of the clause is somewhat obscure and does not aid in the interpretation of the verb by either opposing or supporting the suggested meaning. Hawkins 2000a:444 tentatively proposed ‘to damage, to destroy’ on a purely contextual basis.
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1.1.5Stem
Built on the as such unattested adjective */habanzu-/ meaning ‘devoted, obedient’ vel sim., the present verb is a causative derivation with /-nuwa-/ and inflects according to the ḫi-conjugation (Sasseville 2021a:463f.).
[AH.B.]
For the lemma head, see PAnat. *Hep-.