CAPUT-ti-ia-
‘of (noble)person’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 2172
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
CAPUT-ti-ia-
‘of (noble)person’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in an inscription from Cilicia, dating to the early 7th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. n. | /...-ttiyanz/ | CAPUT-ti-ia-za | KARATEPE 1 (Hu.), §61 (Cilicia) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Just as with its derivational basis, the phonological interpretation of CAPUT-ti-ia- is uncertain, see the discussion at CAPUT-ti- ‘(noble)person’.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word is clear both from its morphology and its context. In the passage KARATEPE 1 (Hu.), §§60-62, it occurs at the start of the second clause, right after its derivational base CAPUT-ti- ‘noble(man)’: ní-pa-wa/i-sa ICAPUT-ti-sá ICAPUT-ti-ia-za-ha-wa/i-tu-ta á-la/i-ma-za za á-sa5-za-ia, approx. /niba=wa=as …-ttis …-ttiyan=za=ha=wa=du=tta alaman=za za assazzaya/, meaning ‘Or (if) he (is) a nobleman, and a nobleman’s name (is) to him, he will say this: …’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:56). Although the KARATEPE 1 inscription is a bilingual, the Phoenician version of the text is of little help in this instance, since the wording is slightly different with Phoenician ʾdm šm ‘a man of name’; see Melchert 2021afor a reappraisal of the relationship between the HLuwian and the Phoenician versions of this text.
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1.1.5Stem
An adjective of appurtenance, the word is built with the well-known suffix /-i(ya)-/ from the derivational basis CAPUT-ti- ‘(noble)person’, cf. Melchert 2003b:197.
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