wa/i-*336-nu-wa/i-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2051
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
wa/i-*336-nu-wa/i-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested twice in inscriptions from Amuq and an unknown origin, dating from the 9th to the 8th century BCE and an unknown time respectively.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
|
1sg. pres. ind. act. |
/…-nuwi/ |
wa/i-*336-nu-wa/i-i |
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|
3sg. pret. ind. act. |
/…-nutta/ |
wa/i-*336-nu!-tá |
The reading of the attestation in AFRIN, §1 (see Hawkins 2000a:387) benefits from the later published POTOROO, where Hawkins 2010a:189 connects the two attestations. On the photo of AFRIN, the sign is difficult to see, although the traces are reconcilable with a damaged 〈nu〉; an autopsy of the original is needed.
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word remains partially obscure (Hawkins 2000a:387), because the interpretation of the sign *336 is unclear in this case, i.e. whether it should be regarded as a logogramAs a semantogram, *336 stands for ANNUS. or as representing its syllabic value 〈zì〉. The latter could point to a cognate link with HLuw. /wazz(a)i-(di)/ ‘to wish’, but the contexts of attestation are too unclear to tell, and neither /wazz(a)i-(di)/ nor any other member of its word family make use of *336.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Both contexts of attestation in POTOROO and AFRIN are broken with no clauses left intact, see Hawkins 2000a:387 and Hawkins 2010a:189. The only certain aspect is that the verb is combined with two preverbs each, viz. /anni/ and /ahha/, whose semantic addition to the verbal meaning cannot be gauged without further context. Hawkins 2010a:187 implies a causative meaning, but this cannot be ascertained, since it is not clear if the derivational base is a verb or not; a nominal base would result in /-nu(wa)-(i)/ with a factitive meaning.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The word is clearly a verb, and it appears to be formed with the suffix /-nu(wa)-(i)/, which typically takes unlenited endings and is used for deverbal causatives and denominal factitives (cf. Sasseville 2021a:463f.). If the word should indeed be related to HLuw. /wazz(a)i-(di)/ ‘to wish’, it would represent a causative derived from it. However, further data are needed.
[AH.B.]