CRUS
‘infantry’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 2426
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
CRUS
‘infantry’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in an inscription from Karkamiš dating to the late 9th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| unknown | /.../ | CRUS | KÖRKÜN, §6 (Karkamiš) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear. The use of the logogram CRUS (sign *82) may suggest a connection with the family around the verb /ta-(i)/ ‘to stand’, but only a syllabic spelling can prove that; until then the link remains hypothetical.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word is inferred from the context and its spelling, i.e. the logogram CRUS. The logogram typically accompanies words, mostly verbs, from the semantic domain standing. It is therefore reasonable to assume a similar meaning.
The word occurs once in a funerary inscription, relating how the descendants of the author paid homage to him. In the context, it seems to modify the following noun (cf. Hawkins 2000a:174), although different analyses are theoretically possible. Thus KÖRKÜN, §6 runs: á-mi-sa-wa/i (NEPOS)ha-ma-si-sá NEPOS-ka-la-sá á-mi *91-ta-ti CRUS EXERCITUS.LA/I/U-ti pi-ha-mi-sá ARHA “PES”-wa/i-tà, approx. /ammis=wa hamsis hamsukkalas ammi …-tatti … kwalanadi pihammis ahha awida/, meaning ‘My grandson and great-grandson came glorified away from the infantry (adj?) army to my bed’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:173).
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1.1.5Stem
Unclear, because the word is attested only logographically. Even its part of speech analysis remains unknown, as it may be an adjective or a noun.
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