SERVUS-wa/i-
‘slavery (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 2104
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
SERVUS-wa/i-
‘slavery (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Tabal, dating to the mid-8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
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dat./loc. sg. |
/…/ |
SERVUS-wa/i |
Perhaps this word belongs together to the same paradigm as another form attested in KULULU 6, §1, SERVUS-la/i-i-wa/i- ‘(unknown)’; only further evidence can shed light on this matter.
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The exact phonological interpretation of this word remains in the dark. Use of the logogram SERVUS (sign *387) ties it to the word family around /hudarl(i)-/ ‘servant’, and it is hence cognate with it, but its precise shape is so far unknown.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Hawkins 2000a:458 tentatively suggests ‘slavery (?)’ or ‘servitude (?)’, semantically connecting the word to its likely family around /hudarl(i)-/ ‘servant’. The context in TOPADA, §25 reads: *74-wa/i7-sà-pa-wa/i kwa/ix-tax *274 FEMINA.MANUS-ha SERVUS-wa/i ARHA? u-pa-˹tax˺, approx. /…-wa/is=ba=wa kwitta … wanatta=niwaranninzi=ha …-wi ahha uba(n/t)ta/, which may translate as ‘Where he/they brought away the booty and the female children from/into (?) slavery (?)’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:453, 458). Presumably, the enemy is the agent in this clause, but that cannot be determined beyond doubt, and thus the meaning of the entire clause and the present lexeme remains somewhat opaque.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Likely a noun, the present word is probably part of the word family around /hudarl(i)-/ ‘servant’, but its actual shape remains out of reach, rendering an analysis impossible. Further data are needed.
[AH.B.]