ḫuwalpana/i-

The lexeme is attested once, in a song incipit from an Ištanuwa festival text (NS)

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abl./instr.

ḫu-wa-al-pa-na-ti

KBo 4.11 rev.  41

(CTH 772, NS)

If the analysis as a stem in -anna/i- is correct (see under Stem), the sign -an- for the spelling of the geminate nasal has been omitted.

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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In Goedegebuure 2010a:311, the clause waddati=tti zanta ḫuwalpanati ār at KBo 4.11 rev. 40f. received for the first time a coherent translation as “Come down (here) from the hump-backed mountains!” The interpretation of ḫuwalpanati is based on the relation with Hitt. *huwalpa- ‘hump’ and its derivatives, which have long been semantically elucidated (see HW 2nd ed.Ḫ:810f.). For the connection and/or semantic interpretation, see CLL:80, HEGA-K:327, HEDH:424-426, Lorenz & Rieken 2007a:478 (untranslated in DLL:50, HHw:58).

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There are two possible analyses of the stem formation, both starting from a root ḫuwalp- ‘to protrude’, derived as the common gender non-mutating a-stem ḫuwalpa- ‘protuberance, hump’ (see under Lemma). Either the rare adjectival -na/i- is added to ḫuwalpa-, or the frequent -anna/i- suffix is used to form an adjective from the same base. The statistics would tip the scales in favor of the latter option, in spite of the deficient spelling.

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For the lemma head see CLuw. ḫuwalpa-.