(†)ḫart(a)i-(di)
‘(unknown, possible ghost word)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2223
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
(†)ḫart(a)i-(di)
‘(unknown, possible ghost word)’1.1.1Transmission
The alleged verb occurs in a ritual against disease (NS).
[E.R.]
1.1.2Forms
|
unknown |
ḫa/ur-ti-x[ |
KUB 35.88 iii 4’ |
(CTH 766, NS) |
|
unknown |
ḫ[a/ur-ti- |
KUB 35.89, 7’ |
(CTH 766, NS) |
The form read ḫar-ti-ti in CLL:61 is analyzed there as a 3sg. pres. act., but this is based on shaky grounds given the insecurity of this reading (see under Graphic Features).
[E.R.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – The reading of Starke 1985b:227 (followed in CLL:61) ḫar-ti-˹ti˺[(-) is far from assured. Neither is the ḫar/ḫur sign unambiguous, nor can the last sign on the edge really be a TI (cf. the other instances of TI in the same line).
[E.R.]
1.1.4Meaning
The fragmentary context and the possibly incomplete transmission of the word itself do not permit an elucidation of the meaning.
[E.R.]
1.1.5Stem
Contra CLL:61, an informed classification of the part of speech and stem class is impossible (see under Graphic Features). The stem ḫart(a)i-(di) posited by Melchert (ibid.) should be regarded as a ghost word.
[E.R.]