/iyassarazza-(i)/, (*351.*406)ia-sa5+ra/i-za
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 1914
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/iyassarazza-(i)/, (*351.*406)ia-sa5+ra/i-za
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Assur, dating to the late 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 2sg. impv. act. | /iyassarazza/ | (*351.*406)ia-sa5+ra/i-za | ASSUR letter e, §26 (Assur) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this verb is provisional despite what appears to be a fully syllabically spelt attestation in ASSUR letter e, §26. The two logograms used as determinatives, i.e. *351 and *406, are uniquely combined in this verb, which is, in fact, the only attestation of *351. *406 is attested twice more in other contexts, but remains similarly opaque. The spelling permits other interpretations as well, e.g. /iyassarizza-/, /iyassada/izza-/, and /iyasrazza-/, and only further data and especially etymological connections can shed light on its shape. A relationship with the verb HLuw. /i(ya)ssa-(i)/ ‘to buy’ is possible, but remains entirely speculative at present. Still, with /-zza-/, the verb appears to contain at least one well-known suffix, cf. the discussion of the stem below.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
As a hapax in an unclear context, the meaning of this word has remained out of grasp so far, see Hawkins 2000a:536, 548. ASSUR letter e, §26 runs: *308-mi-sa-ha-wa/i-mu-i (*351.*406)ia-sa5+ra/i-za, approx. /…-missa=wa=wa=mu iyassarazza/, in which the meaning of both orthotonic words is unknown, although the first word appears to be a nom./acc. pl. n. form and therefore likely represents the object of the verb, and the enclitic pronoun /=mu/ ‘to/for me’ is probably the benefactive and recipient. It is clear from the context that the verb must be a 2sg. impv. act., a frequent form in the context of the ASSUR letters.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Despite the unclear semantics, the verb appears to belong to the stems in /-zza-(i)/, which mostly forms deverbal inchoatives, see Sasseville 2021a:440f. The derivational base remains in the dark, however, as long as the phonological form is tentative and no semantics and possible etymological connections have been discovered. Any attempts to link it to the verb HLuw. /i(ya)ssa-(i)/ ‘to buy’ must be deemed entirely hypothetical for the moment.
[AH.B.]