/hiTi-/, (LIGNUM)hi-ti-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2369
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/hiTi-/, (LIGNUM)hi-ti-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Aleppo, possibly dating to the 11th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3sg./pl. impv. act. | /hiTiTu/ | (LIGNUM)hi-ti-tu | ALEPPO 7, §19 (Aleppo) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The spelling of this word is reasonably clear, but leaves open the quality of the dental as usual in the HLuw. writing system. So far, the word has not been fixed with any possible cognates that could elucidate the matter further.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this verb is unknown. It occurs in a badly fragmented inscription, and even the use of the logogram LIGNUM (sign *382) does not provide enough basis for an interpretation, since the only other remaining word is likewise semantically opaque, viz. HLuw. /hi(n)Tuna(/i)-/ ‘(unknown)’. The sign is frequently found with wooden objects as well as words from the domain of authority, e.g. /tabari(ya)-(ti)/ ‘to rule’, cf. Hawkins 2011b:51.
What remains of the clause at ALEPPO 7, §19 runs: [...]-na (SCALPRUM)hi-tu-n[a-t]i (LIGNUM)hi-ti-tu,Contra Hawkins 2011b:48, it is assumed here that the signs following after 〈(LIGNUM)hi-ti-tu〉, i.e. 〈wa/i-tà[...]〉, mark the beginning of a new clause, likely with an initial-a-final just after the break, a possibility considered by Hawkins 2011b:51 himself. which may translate as ‘They/He shall hiTi- a […] with the hi(n)dunadi’. Hawkins 2011b:51 considers the possibility that the present word may be etymologically related to the noun in the same clause, but this cannot be proven.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Largely unclear, except that the verb appears to belong to one of the i-containing stem classes, i.e. /-i-(ti)/, /-(a)i-(di)/, or /-i(ya)-(di)/ (see Sasseville 2021a:131f., 218f., 319f.). Further data are needed.
[AH.B.]