arūwāl(i)-
‘deep (?)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 2238
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
arūwāl(i)-
‘deep (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is a hapax legomenon appearing in a mythological text.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. c. | ar-ú-wa-a-li-iš | KUB 35.84, 4 | (CTH 764, MS) |
Melchert notes that the ‘broken’ spelling is highly irregular (CLL:32).
[O.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
All forms have been checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
[O.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word arūwāl(i)- is used as an epithet for the river Māla (Rieken & Sasseville 2019a:525). A precise meaning is not determinable from the single context in which the word appears, but a derivational and consequently semantic connection to the base aru- ‘high’ would seem likely. Given the aquatic connection, a meaning ‘deep’ thus becomes possible. For the compatibility with a base meaning ‘high’, cf. e.g. Lat. altus ‘high; deep’. Note that this meaning cannot be independently substantiated, however.
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1.1.5Stem
CLuw. arūwāl(i)- is most likely an adjective in -āl(i)- formed to a base aru- ‘high’.
[O.B.]