/salahid-/,LIS-la/i/u-hi-
‘confrontation, litigation’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, n.
- ID
- 2174
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/salahid-/, LIS-la/i/u-hi-
‘confrontation, litigation’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested seven times in inscriptions from Malatya, dating from the 12th to the mid-8th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. | /salahi=sa/ | LIS | KARAHÖYÜK §20 (Malatya) | |
| gen. sg. | /salahidassi/ | LIS-si | POTOROO, 6b (unknown) | |
| abl./instr. | /salahidadi/ | LIS-tà-ti | BOYBEYPINARI 1, §10 (Commagene) | |
| BOYBEYPINARI 2, §21 (Commagene) | ||||
| LIS-la/i/u-hi-ri+i-ti | KARKAMIŠ A25b, §3 (Karkamiš) | |||
| poss. adj. nom. sg. |
/salahidassis/ | LIS-i-sa | POTOROO, 2a (unknown) | |
| LIS+LA/I/U-si-sá | MARAŞ 1, §6 (Maraş) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
With much of the word obscured by the logographic spelling, its phonological interpretation was long unclear. Various interpretation have been proposed tentatively, e.g. /zasalahid-/ (see Hawkins 1979b:152 and Melchert 1987a:199 n. 40), cf. the discussion at [
That the stem of the present word ends in a /d/ is proved by fact that it undergoes rhotacism in the KARKAMIŠ A25b, §3 attestation, and the suffix /-ahid-/ is well-known from many other lexemes.
The logogram LIS (sign *24, see Laroche 1960c:18) is used with a number of other words from the same family and hence serves to tie it together.
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1.1.4Meaning
Although the phonological shape of this word was unknown for a long time, the logogram LIS facilitated a semantic interpretation, supported by the transparent morphology, cf. the discussion of the stem below. MARAŞ 1, §6 reads: wa/i-mu-ta LIS+LA/I/U-si-sá (DEUS)[SOL]-ti-i?-sá i-mára/i-si-ha-i (DEUS)ru-ti-ia-sá-i (“IUSTITIA”)tara/i-wa/i-na-za-ta-´, approx. /wa=mu=tta salahidassis Tiwadis immarassi=ha Runtiyas tarrawannazzanta/, meaning ‘(The Sun-god) Tiwad of Confrontation and (the stag-god) Runtiya of the Open Country made me just’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:263).
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1.1.5Stem
The stem formation of this word is evident from the attestations and represents a neuter noun in /-ahid-/, a suffix well-known from other formations, cf. e.g. Hawkins 2000a:157.Hawkins 2000anotes that the abl./instr. attested at KARKAMIŠ A25b, §3 would be expected to end in /-adi/, not /-idi/. However, as the inscription dates late (8th century BCE), such variation is not unexpected.
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For the lemma head see HLuw. /sal(i)-/.