/warriya-/, wa/i+ra/i-ia-
‘help, assistance’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 1802
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/warriya-/, wa/i+ra/i-ia-
‘help, assistance’1.1.1Transmission
Attested twice, this lexeme occurs exclusively in one inscription from Tabal, dating to between 740 and 730 BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| abl./instr. | /warriyadi/ | wa/i+ra/i-ia-ri+i | SULTANHAN, §45 (Tabal) |
| acc. pl. | /warriyanzi/ | wa/i+ra/i-ia-zi-´ | SULTANHAN, §13 (Tabal) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Despite evidence from just a single inscription, the phonological interpretation for this lexeme is still relatively certain. It depends mainly on the assignment to the verb /warriya-(i)/ ‘to help’, already suggested in Hawkins 1975a:139 and 141, but the HLuw. spelling system leaves some room for ambiguity here.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning was first proposed by Hawkins 1975a:139 and 141, who immediately connected the noun to the word families around CLuw. warraḫitašša/i- ‘of help’ and Hittite warrā(i)-(mi) ‘to come to help’, following an earlier suggestion by Bossert 1946a:125 regarding the interpretation of some personal names in HLuw. In both contexts in SULTANHAN, the word has a strongly positive connotation, because it denotes an action in support of the author, as per his testimony once rendered by the storm-god in §13, and once by his local human ruler in §45. In §45, the word is paired with another strongly positive noun: a-wa/i-tà á-pi-i sa5+ra/i-wa/i-ti-wa/i+ra/i-sá á-tà wa/i-su-SARMA-ma-sa-a-ri+i wa/i+ra/i-ia-ri+i sa-na-wa/i-sa-tara/i-ri+i-ha, i.e. /a=wa=ada appi Sarrawattiwaras ada Wasusarmssadi warriyadi sannawistarradi=ha/ ‘Sarrawattiwara re-made it with Wasussarma’s help and goodness’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:467).
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1.1.5Stem
This lexeme appears to be an action noun in /-a-/ built from the verb /warriya-(i)/.
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For the lemma head, see HLuw. /warriya-(i)/.