/hawantazza-/, ha-wa/i-tá-za-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 2165
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/hawantazza-/, ha-wa/i-tá-za-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Hama, dating to c. 860-840 BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| unclear | /hawantazza(n)Ti/ | ha-wa/i-tá-za-ti? | HAMA 5, §2 (Hama) |
HAMA 5 is badly preserved with the attested form the only intact word of §2. Since it represents the last word of that clause, it is most probably a verb and should likely be read as a 3pl. pres. ind. act. /hawantazzanti/. However, it is not uncommon for HLuw. to put clausal adjuncts in the abl./instr. behind the verb, in which case the word would be a noun /hawantazzadi/.
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is provisional mainly regarding its attested ending (see the discussion under Forms above), but the shape of its stem seems quite clear, even if it its part of speech is not. The choice of 〈tá〉 makes it likely that the word-medial dental is preceded by a nasal (see Rieken 2010a:302f.). However, the word has not so far been connected to any potential cognates in the Anatolian languages. Any relationship with /hawatt(i)-/ ‘sheep’ seems unlikely because of the ubiquitous use of the logogram OVIS (sign *111) in that word family.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The sole attestation of the word at HAMA 5, §2 occurs in a particularly badly preserved section of a largely fragmented inscription. No interpretation is therefore attempted.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
If the word should represent a verb rather than a noun, it would have a stem in /-zza-(i)/, cf. Sasseville 2021a:439-441.
[AH.B.]