/hayala/, há-ia-la
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 2164
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/hayala/, há-ia-la
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested twice i an inscription from Karkamiš, dating to the mid-8th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| indecl. | /hayala/ | há-ia-la | CEKKE, §9 (Karkamiš) |
| CEKKE, §10 (Karkamiš) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The fully syllabic spelling of this word leaves only little room for interpretation. Perhaps the /l/ should be considered a geminate instead, i.e. /hayalla/, but only cognate evidence from one of the related languages using a different writing system could decide that. As it is, the word is isolated for now and not connected to any known family, although future finds may change that.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word has so far remained in the dark. It appears to be an adverb vel sim., and Hawkins & Morpurgo Davies 1982a:97 (followed again in Hawkins 2000a:148) wonder if it may be a conjunction. Attested twice in the same inscription, it introduces the adjoining clauses at CEKKE, §§9-10: há-ia-la Ila-pa+ra/i-na-ia Iza-za-ia-ha 4 (SCALPRUM)ma-na-zi ARGENTUM-za (*349)nú-hu-za-ti(URBS) DARE-mi-na há-ia-la URBS+MI-ni ta-ní-mi Iá-ha-li-ia FLUMEN.DOMINUS PRAE-na (PANIS.PITHOS)á-zá-li-za i-zi-ia-mi-na, approx. /hayala Labarnaya Zazaya=ha mawinzi mananzi inzagan?=za Nuhuzadi piyamina hayala …-ni tanimi Ahhalliya haba=niya parran azzallin=za izziyamina/, translating as ‘Four minas of silver are to be given hayala to Labarna and Zaza in the town of Nuhuzadi, (and) a feast is to be made hayala in every town before the river-lord Ahhalli’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:145).Note that Hawkins 2000a makes use of the since-corrected 1pl. pres. ind. act. analysis of the gerundive forms in /-mina/; see Melchert 2004c.
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1.1.5Stem
Unclear. If the word is indeed an adverb, its final /-a/ would be typical for that part of speech, cf. Yakubovich 2015b:6.6.
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