malwara-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Common Luwian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 2033
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
malwara-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in Hittite spell fragments with Luwian elements.
[O.B.]
1.1.2Forms
|
nom. pl. |
ma-al-˹wa˺-ra-an-zi |
KUB 35.145 ii 2’ |
(CTH 767, NS) |
|
[ma-al-w]a-ra-an-zi |
KUB 35.143, 11’ |
(CTH 767, NS) |
|
|
acc. pl. |
ma-al-wa-ra-an-za |
KUB 35.145 ii 15’ |
(CTH 767, NS) |
|
m[a-al-wa-ra-an-za] |
KUB 35.144, 5’ |
(CTH 767, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
All forms have been checked against the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
[O.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Luw. malwara- always occurs in conjunction with tuḫḫara- ‘incense (?)’. Like tuḫḫara-, malwara- is something that may be either burned or extinguished (KI.MIN on KUB 35.145 ii 15’ certainly refers back to Hitt. kištanunun ‘I extinguished’, see Yakubovich 2010d:31). However, it is not clear whether the sense of malwara- is concrete, abstract and/or metaphorical.
[O.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Luw. malwara- is a common gender a-stem.
[O.B.]
1.1.6Origin
The Luwian provenance of malwara- is assured by the strictly Luwian endings -nzi and -nza (Laroche 1959a:67, HEG L-M:111, CLL:201, van den Hout 2006a:254). See also 
malwan-.
[O.B.]