CRUS+FLUMEN-
‘to cross (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2429
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
CRUS+FLUMEN-
‘to cross (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Tabal, dating to the mid-8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pret. act. | /.../ | CRUS+FLUMEN-tax | TOPADA, §20 (Tabal) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word remains unknown. It may or may not belong to the family around /ta-(i)/ ‘to stand’, but only additional textual data can verify that.
The combination of the logograms CRUS (sign *82) and a simplified FLUMEN (*212) is unique to this word and its single attestation. Yet, the pictographic quality of the combination appears to transport the semantic content quite clearly, cf. the discussion of the meaning below.
[AH.B.] [A.P.]
1.1.4Meaning
The tentative interpretation as ‘to cross’ was first advanced by Hrozný 1933a:367 (“traverser”) and has been followed by scholars since, cf. the remarks by Hawkins 2000a:457f. As the inscription the word appears in presents many challenges, further textual evidence is needed to verify the meaning. TOPADA, §20 reads: *a-wa/i7-tù ANNUS tara/i-zi/a TERRA-kwa/ix+ra/i ta-x(URBS) a-tax CRUS+FLUMEN-tax, approx. /a=wa=du ussin tarrinzi taskwari ta-… anta …-ta/, meaning ‘And in three years, he (scil. the Royal Horse mentioned in the preceding clause) crossed into the land of the town Ta-x’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:453).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Unclear. Without a phonological interpretation available, nothing can be said about the stem. Even the ending may or may not be lenited.
[AH.B.]