*u̯aHreh₂-

All attestations come from texts of the Kuwattalla tradition (probably from MS onward).

[E.R.]

acc. sg.	[wa-aḫ]-ra-an	KUB 35.59 ii 4’	(CTH 760, NS)
	wa-aḫ-ra-an	KUB 35.43 ii 29	(CTH 761, NS)
	[wa-aḫ-ra]-an	KBo 29.19, 4’	(CTH 760, NS)
	[w]a-aḫ-ra-an	KUB 35.43 iii 36’	(CTH 761, NS)
	[wa-aḫ]-ra-an	KUB 35.81, 3’	(CTH 759, NS)
	wa-aḫ-ra-an	KUB 35.45 iii 24’	(CTH 760, NS)
	[wa-aḫ]-⸢ra-an⸣	KUB 35.46 iv! 11’	(CTH 761, NS)
	wa-⸢aḫ⸣-r[a-an]	KUB 9.36, 1’	(CTH 760, NS)
	[w]a-aḫ-ra-an	ABoT 2.239, 2’	(CTH 763, NS)
	w[a-aḫ-ra-an]	KBo 43.313 ii 11’	(CTH 760, NS)
	wa-aḫ-ra-a[n]	KBo 51.220 r. col. 4’	(CTH 761, NS)

The attestations as listed follow CLL:s.v. with minor modifications; see also Kammenhuber 1985a:78-88. – The assignment of wa-aḫ-ra-ši(-)i[š/uš at KBo 65.215, 7’ is very unclear, as noted by Melchert (pers. comm.).

[E.R.]

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – Reading of [w]a-aḫ-ra-an at ABoT 2.239, 2’ against Akdoğan 2010a:119 (⸢a⸣-aḫ-ra-an).

[E.R.]

CLuw. waḫra- is commonly agreed to be a rhyme word of āḫra- ‘pain’, following the same pattern as Hitt. āi- wāi-. Therefore, like the form, the meaning of waḫra- is also derived from that of āḫra-, i.e. it is ‘pain’ or a near-synonym such as ‘woe’ (Meriggi 1957a:209, DLL:105, CLL:249, Hutter 2003a:262, HHw:s.v., HEG U-Z:201f.; differently Kammenhuber 1985a:78, Hutter 1988a:81 and Ünal 2007a:778: ‘disaster’).

[E.R.]

Parallel to āḫra-, waḫra- is a common gender a-stem.

[E.R.]

In Hittite transmission, waḫra- is always found as the second member of the rhyming formula āḫra- waḫra-, which occurs in Luwian rituals of the Kuwattalla tradition and other ritual fragments of unknown attribution.

[E.R.]

nom. sg.	wa-aḫ-ra-a[š]	KUB 60.48 ii 8’	(CTH 763, NS)
acc. sg.	wa-aḫ-[ra-an]	KUB 60.48 iii 2	(CTH 763, NS)
	wa-aḫ-ra-⸢an⸣	KUB 35.80 rev.? 12’	(CTH 763, NS)
	wa-aḫ-ra-an	KBo 20.73 iv 14	(CTH 458, MS)
	wa-aḫ-⸢ra-an⸣	KUB 9.34 iii 22’	(CTH 409, NS)
	wa-aḫ-ra-an	KBo 9.125 iv 6	(CTH 409, NS)
	wa-aḫ-ra-an	KUB 9.4 ii 41	(CTH 409, NS)

The attestations as listed follow CLL:s.v. with minor modifications; see also Kammenhuber 1985a:78-88.

[E.R.]

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

[E.R.]

For the semantic interpretation, see under CLuw. waḫra-.

[E.R.]

For the Luwian origin, see under the lemma of āḫra- in Hittite transmission.

[E.R.]

This lexeme is found in an Old Hittite ritual pertaining to the disappearing deity.

[D.S.]

stem form

waa-a-ar-ra(=)

KUB 35.164 iii 12’

(CTH 752, OS or MS)

The sequence kat in wa_a-a-ar-ra-kat is here taken as an enclitic demonstrative pronoun (following Melchert 1984b:28-30); see under Pal. ka-. For the diverging view that -k- in -kat represent a separate morpheme and -at the instrumental ending cf. Starke 1990a:71-74, 72 n. 165, Eichner 2010a:51-53.

[D.S.]

Checked against the photographs of the Konkordanz.

[D.S.]

The word wārra=kat is found in a ritualistic passage, in which it is extinguished. Thus, wārra- should represent something evil to be removed through a ritual. Carruba 1970a:51, 77 and likewise Melchert (CLL:4, Melchert 1994a:195, 219) suggest a connection with CLuw. waḫra- c. ‘pain, woe’ comparing also Pal. ārra- with CLuw. āḫra- c. Melchert (loc. cit.) also adduces Hittite āi- and wāi-. The semantics ‘pain, woe’ for Pal. wārra- are contextually adequate: wa_a-a-ar-ra=kat ki-iš-ta-a-a=m-mu ‘This woe is extinguished for me.’

[D.S.]

A Hattic origin has been suggested on account of the sign <wa_a> (Kammenhuber 1959a:29), which is no longer considered a valid argument.

[D.S.]