FEMINA(-)ti-ia+ra/i(-)na-(?)
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 1769
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
FEMINA(-)ti-ia+ra/i(-)na-(?)
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Tabal, dating to the late 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. | /…/ | FEMINA(-)ti-ia+ra/i(-)na-na | KIRŞEHİR, §18 (Tabal) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is largely unclear, not least because its word boundaries at either have not yet been established, cf. the remarks by Akdoğan & Hawkins 2010a:9. Thus, it cannot be said at present whether the initial logogram FEMINA should be considered a determinative or as representing part of the phonological form of the word. Nor is it clear whether the final 〈(-)na-na〉 belongs to the word or constitutes a word in its own right.
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1.1.4Meaning
A hapax legomenon, the word is attested in a fragmented part of the KIRŞEHİR letter, §18: wa/i-tu-u FEMINA(-)ti-ia+ra/i(-)na-na (INFANS)ni-m[u]-w[a/i-…, possibly meaning ‘To him/her … (with?) the woman … the child …’ (cf. Akdoğan & Hawkins 2010a:4, 9). The wider context in the letter does not permit any further conclusions.
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