arziya-
‘cultivated land’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 2162
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian in Hittite transmission
arziya-
‘cultivated land’1.1.1Transmission
The technical term is used only in cadasters (NS) and a land deed (MS).
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1.1.2Forms
|
nom. sg. n. |
ar-zi-ia-an |
ABoT 60 obv. 22 |
(CTH 222, MS) |
|
gen. sg. |
ar-zi-ia-aš |
KBo 5.7 i 44 |
(CTH 239, NS) |
|
adj. gen. nom. sg. c. |
ar-zi-aš-ši-iš |
KUB 8.75 ii 4 |
(CTH 239, NS) |
|
adj. gen. nom./acc. pl. n. |
ar-zi-ia-aš-ša |
KUB 42.2, 10’ |
(CTH 239, NS) |
The morphological analysis follows Laroche 1960c:84. That of ar-zi-ia-aš-ša published later is based on the preceding word numun-šú ‘its seed’, which provides a semantically suitable head noun ‘the seed of/belonging to cultivated land’.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.
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1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Following Melchert 1994a:272, a sporadic epenthesis of /t/ is found in /rs/ sequences. It is remarkable that the present lemma is consistent regarding this feature.
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1.1.4Meaning
Laroche 1960a:84 was the first to offer a semantic interpretation for arziya-. It combines the information drawn from the cadasters, i.e. the fact that it denotes a kind of field, with that from ABoT 60 obv. 21f., in which a place is described as very important and a cultivated piece of land for the enemy: pé-da-an me-ek-ki na-ak-ki a-na LÚkúr-ia-aš ar-zi-ia-an “The place is very important, cultivated land for the enemy/ies.”The phonetic complement of a-na LÚkúr-ia-aš is not clear, because a nom. sg. c. pronoun =aš does not agree with the neuters pedan and arziyan, but likewise would a plural ending -yaš be unusual after the case classifier und not fully compatible with the lack of a plural determinative in LÚkúr; see HW 2nd ed. A:365. In addition, the likely relationship with Hitt. arši- ‘planting, cultivation’ certainly played a role. The translation is adopted in HW:392, HW 2nd ed. A:365, HED A, E, I:187, HEG A-K:75, HHw:s.v., Ünal 2007a:65, Rüster & Wilhelm 2012a:250; more generic CLL:33 (landscape feature).
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1.1.5Stem
The nom. sg. in -iyan proves a neuter stem in -iya-. The suffix is added to the root arz- < *ars-.
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1.1.6Origin
On account of the genitival suffix -ašša/i-, the lexeme can be classified as Luwian beyond a doubt (Güterbock 1956a127; cf. also HED A, E, I:187: “Luwoid”, CLL:33, Melchert 2005a:451). However, HEG A-K:75 regards only the derived form arziyašša/i- as Luwian, but not its base.
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For the lemma head see Luw. ārš-(ti).