/kwananalla-/, (SA4)kwa/i-na-na-la-
‘stone-mason’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Class
- Derivative
- Grammar
- subst, common
- ID
- 1858
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/kwananalla-/, (SA4)kwa/i-na-na-la-
‘stone-mason’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested first in the inscription BOYBEYPINARI dated to either the second half of the 9th century or late 9th early 8th century BCE.; cf. Simon 2014e:248-252.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | /kwananallas/ | (“SA4”)kwa/i-na-na-[la-]sá | İVRİZ frag. 2 (Tabal) |
| SA4-na-na-la-sa | BOYBEYPINARI 1, §11 (Commagene) |
1.1.3Meaning
/kwananalla-/ is the title of a man involved in scribal signature, and the meaning ‘stone-mason’ was tentatively suggested by Hawkins 2000a:530. Payne 2010b:183-185 brings further support to the semantics of the title /kwananalla-/ by making a distinction between handwriting and stone-carving (followed by Yakubovich 2011a:264f.). Contra Giusfredi 2010b:152f., the word /kwananalla-/ is not identical with the common word for ‘scribe’ also hiding behind SCRIBA-la-; for the distinction see Payne 2010b:183-185.
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1.1.4Stem
The substantive /kwananalla-/ c. is interpreted as an agent noun in -alla- c., for which see Sasseville 2014-2015a:116.
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2. Reconstruction
2.1Reconstruction
The base of the derivative /kwananalla-/ c. can be reconstructed as a verbal noun in -an-, i.e. */kwanan-/; cf. /kwal-/ ‘to turn’ → /kwalan-/ n. ‘army’ → /kwalanalla/i-/ ‘of the army’ (Sasseville 2014-2015a:116).
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For the verbal base, from which the reconstructed n-stem is derived, see HLuw. /kwan-/.