/kistami(ya)-/, ORIENS-mi-ia-
‘eastern’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 2411
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/kistami(ya)-/, ORIENS-mi-ia-
‘eastern’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Cilicia, dating to the 8th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| abl./instr. | /kistamiyadi/ | ORIENS-mi-ia-ti | ÇİNEKÖY, §7 (Cilicia) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of the present lexeme rests on that of its derivational base /kistam(i)-/, which is also attested in fully syllabic spelling. Featuring the well-known suffix /-i(ya)-/, the stem is phonologically clear.
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1.1.4Meaning
The semantic interpretation of this lexeme depends on whether or not its derivational base /kistam(i)-/ is interpreted correctly as ‘east’, see the discussion there. Just like the related noun, the adjective frequently appears paired with its antonym /ibami(ya)-/ ‘western’ in ÇİNEKÖY, §7: kwa/i-pa-wa/i *274-li-ha (CASTRUM)ha+ra/i-na-sà ORIENS-mi-ia-ti x-i?-ni? 8 OCCIDENS-mi-ti-ha 7 CASTRUM-za, approx. /kwippa=wa hattaliha harnassa kistamiyadi … ibamidi=ha … harnassan=za/, translating as ‘Indeed, I subdued fortresses, from the east eight, and from the west seven fortresses’ (cf. Tekoğlu & Lemaire 2000a:972, 985f.). This matches the word order of the Phoenician version of the text, which features b-mṣʾ šmš ‘in the rising of the sun’ before b-mbʾ šmš ‘in the setting of the sun’, and can therefore be taken as support for the identification of /kistam(i)-/ as ‘east’.
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1.1.5Stem
The word is an adjective derived from the noun HLuw. /kistam(i)-/ with the suffix /-i(ya)-/.
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