/wadiya-/, wa/i-ti-ia-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2052
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/wadiya-/, wa/i-ti-ia-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested four times in a single letter written on lead from Tabal, dating to the late 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 2sg. impv. act. | /wadiya/ | wa/i-ti-ia | KIRŞEHİR, §8 (Tabal) |
| wa/i-ti-ia | KIRŞEHİR, §12 (Tabal) | ||
| 2sg. pret. ind. act. | /wadiyasa/ | wa/i-ti-ia-sa | KIRŞEHİR, §9 (Tabal) |
| 3pl. pret. ind. act. | /wadiyanta/ | wa/i-ti-ia-ta-a | KIRŞEHİR, §21 (Tabal) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is provisional, because it is not clear whether the word has cognates in any of the other Anatolian languages, and if so, which ones precisely. The HLuw. spelling permits several different interpretations, e.g. /wariya-/,A connection to HLuw. /warriya-(i)/ ‘to help’ is hence unlikely, since singleton /r/, whether original or resulting from rhotacism, and geminate /rr/ are distinct phonemes. /waliya-/, /wattiya-/ as well as beginning with /wi-/ instead of /wa-/, which opens up many possible links, but see the discussion of the meaning below.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The verb occurs four times within the KIRŞEHİR letter, yet Akdoğan & Hawkins 2010a:6f., 9 propose no translation for it, because the overall context was too unclear at the time with many unknown words. The word is twice used as a command in the 2sg. impv., twice for describing past actions, and KIRŞEHİR, §12 shows it to be transitive: wa/i-mu-u za-ti u-sa-i tá-ti-na wa/i-ti-ia, approx. /wa=mu zatti ussi tadin wadiya/, meaning ‘W. the father to/for me in that year!’, but none of the contexts are sufficiently clear. Giusfredi 2010b:238 n. 507 tentatively suggests the meaning ‘to bring’, adducing CLuw. uwat(a)- ‘to bring’ as listed in CLL:248. Differently, Yakubovich 2017e:s.v. proposes ‘to help, support’, which is contextually more likely, but implies a connection with HLuw. /warriya-(i)/ ‘to help’, which is phonologically unlikely due to the geminate /rr/.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The verb consistently shows the sequence /-iya-/ in its stem, which can be a sign for a stem /-iya-(i)/, but also for one in /-i(ya)-(di)/ (cf. Sasseville 2021a:321, 405). A more detailed morphological analysis must await additional data and etymological information.
[AH.B.]