/tahha-/, ta-ha-
‘altar (?), stand (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 2362
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/tahha-/, ta-ha-
‘alter (?), stand (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Karkamiš, dating to c. 800 BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. sg. | /tahha/ | ta-ha | KARKAMIŠ stone bowl, §3 (Karkamiš) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is provisional. The spelling attested at KARKAMIŠ stone bowl, §3 does not leave much leeway, only the medial fricative may be non-geminate, i.e. /taha/.
If the word should turn out to be related to the family around /ta-(i)/ ‘to stand’ (that possibility is mentioned by Hawkins 2000a:140), it is noticeably spelt without the logogram CRUS (sign *82) otherwise ubiquitous with words from that group.
[AH.B.] [A.P.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word is to be taken as tentative, cf. the remarks by Hawkins 2000a:140, who cautiously points to a possible link with the verb /ta-(i)/ ‘to stand’, but refrains from assigning a part of speech even. The context at KARKAMIŠ stone bowl, §3 suggests it to be a noun, however: za-ti-˹pa/ha˺-wa/i ta-ha (PONERE)tu-wa/i-ha, approx. /zatti=ba?/ha?=wa tahha tuwahha/, translating as ‘(This libation vessel I, Yarrari, purified by Kubaba’s and Karhuha’s command …) Also/And? I put (it) to/for/on (?) this stand/altar (?)’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:139, Giusfredi 2020b:36).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
While the grammatical gender of the noun remains unclear, its only attested form shows it to be an a-stem with the dat./loc. sg. ending in /-a/, cf. e.g. Yakubovich 2015b:6.2.
[AH.B.]