ḫūyaš(a)-⁽ⁱ⁾

This word is found in a Palaic incantation of a festival text.

[D.S.]

3pl. pret. ind. act.

ḫu-u-i[a-š]a-an-˹ta˺

KUB 35.159 iii 5’

(CTH 753, NS)

Checked against the photograph in the Konkordanz. Reading following Carruba 1970a:33.

[D.S.]

Despite the fragmentary state of the context, the base of the verb ḫūyaš(a)-⁽ⁱ⁾, *ḫūya-, can be best equated with Hitt. ḫuwāi-/-i(ya)-^(ḫi) ‘to walk, run’. Thus, the action would most likely refer to the animals being walked before they are sacrificed (see Sasseville 2019a).

[D.S.]

The verb ḫūyaš(a)-⁽ⁱ⁾ is a formation in -š(a)- (or with geminate -šš(a)-⁽ⁱ⁾) derived from the weak stem of the verb *ḫuwāi-/-i(ya)-⁽ⁱ⁾ corresponding to the Hittite verb of the same shape and semantics. One should also compare the Palaic root verb of the mi-conjugation, i.e. ḫuwā-^(di).

[D.S.]

For the lemma head see Pal. *ḫuwāi-/-i(ya)-⁽ⁱ⁾.