arzazī-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Class
- Derivative
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2160
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
arzazī-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
The two attestations come from duplicate fragments of the festival referring to the ašuša(tal)la-men.
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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. impv. act. | ar-za-zi-i-du | KUB 35.133 ii 12’ | (CTH 665, LNS) |
| ar-š[a- | KUB 35.134 ii 7 | (CTH 665, NS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.
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1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation:
As pointed out in Melchert 1994a:272, a sporadic epenthesis of /t/ is observed in /rs/ sequences. The variation seen in the present lemma is a case in point.
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1.1.4Meaning
No meaning has been assigned so far (DLL:32, CLL:33, HHw:s.v.). The clause a=aš=tar arzazīdu permits two syntactic analyses: first, an intransitive verb with a singular subject pronoun =aš; second, a transitive verb with a plural object pronoun =aš. A connection with the root verb Luw. ārš-(ti) or nouns with initial arz- is of course not excluded, but the context provides no further support for such an assumption.
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1.1.5Stem
The combination of stem final -ī- and the lenited ending leaves two options for the classification of the inflectional class: arzaz(a)i-(di) or arzazi(ya)-(di), although the latter would be unexpected for a denominative verb.
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