ḫapšašša-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, common
- ID
- 1588
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
ḫapšašša-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in the song of growth performed by the chanter of the Palaic Storm-god Ziparwa at the end of a ritual for the disappearing deity. The language of this song has been recently recognized as dialectal Luwian (Sasseville 2021a:368-371).
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | ḫa-ap-ša-aš-ša-aš | KUB 32.18 iv 12’ | (CTH 752, MS) |
| ḫa-a[p-ša-aš-ša-aš] | KUB 32.16, 6’ | (CTH 752, OS) |
1.1.3Meaning
Within their research on the Palaic lexicon, no meaning has been suggested by Kammenhuber 1959a:61f., Carruba 1970a:54 or Tischler 2008a:45. Considering the morphology, ḫapšašša- would be a Luwian agent noun in -ašša- c. (for which see Sasseville 2018a), which makes sense as the subject of a transitive verb. However, the obscure context hinders any semantic interpretation at this point. A connection to the root verb ḫap(p)- ‘to join, attach’ is possible but should await further contextual evidence.
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