/warpalli(ya)-/, (“SCALPRUM+RA/I.LA/I/U”)wa/i+ra/i-pa-li-
‘of the warrior (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 2189
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/warpalli(ya)-/, (“SCALPRUM+RA/I.LA/I/U”)wa/i+ra/i-pa-li-
‘of the warrior (?)’1.1.1Transmission
A hapax legomenon, this lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Maraş, dating to the end of the 9th century BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. c. | /warpallis/ | (“SCALPRUM+RA/I.LA/I/U”)wa/i+ra/i-pa-li-sa | MARAŞ 1, §1d (Maraş) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Fully spelt out, the phonological interpretation of this lexeme is largely clear and supported by its link to the word family around /warp(i)-/ ‘weapon; tool’. Only the suffix /-i(ya)-/ is not fully visible due to the fact that it undergoes i-mutation into /-iyi-/ in the relevant cases and is then usually contracted to /-i-/ (Melchert 2003b:197 n. 27, Rieken 2017a).
/warpalli(ya)-/ is the only member of the word family to include the logogram SCALPRUM (*268; here with further phonetic indicators) in its spelling rather than ARMA (*273).
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The sole attestation of the lexeme occurs in the introductory passage of an inscription, specifying in some detail the lineage of the author by listing six generations of male ancestors by name, title, and kinship term. In nearly each instance, the sixfold repeated structure of PN—title—kinship term involves the PN and title turned into possessive adjectives by using one of the two suffixes /-i(ya)-/ and /-assa/i-/, with the latter being the more recent and more productive of the two (Bauer 2014a:164).
An earlier, now moot suggestion (Hawkins 2000a:262f.) viewed the present form to mean ‘brave’ vel sim. in line with the older interpretation of /warp(i)-/.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The lexeme is a possessive adjective derived from the noun /warpalla(/i)-/ ‘warrior (?)’ with the suffix /-i(ya)-/.
[AH.B.]
For the lemma head see HLuw. /warp(i)-/.