ḫappašḫā-
‘joining, binding (?)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, common
- ID
- 1587
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
ḫappašḫā-
‘joining, binding (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in an obscure song (Sasseville 2020d) as well as on a Luwian fragment that has not been classified.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. (?) | ḫa-˹ap˺[-pa-aš-ḫa-a-aš?] | KBo 33.104 r.col. 2’ | (CTH 770, MS) |
| ḫa-ap-pa-aš[-ḫa-a-aš?] | KBo 33.104 r.col. 5’ | (CTH 770, MS) | |
| ḫa-ap-pa-aš-ḫa-a[-aš?] | KBo 33.104 r.col. 8’ | (CTH 770, MS) | |
| gen. sg. (?) | [ḫa-a]p-˹pa-aš-ḫa-a-aš˺ | KUB 35.97, 1’ | (CTH 770, LNS) |
The probable genitive singular is -āš is noteworthy.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
The recognition of this Luwian lexeme emerges with the join of Sasseville 2020d, whose fragments contain a song of obscure purpose. The abstract noun ḫappašḫā- is connected to the verbal root ḫapp- ‘to join, bind’ and thus the meaning ‘joining, binding’ is suggested. In KUB 35.97, it is used as an epithet of the Storm-god.
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1.1.5Stem
This substantive reflects an abstract formation in -ašḫa- c.
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For the lemma head see CLuw. *ḫap(p)-.