sa5?-x+ra/i-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2502
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
sa5?-x+ra/i-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Maraş, dating to c. 1000–950 BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 1sg. pret. act. | /…/ | sa5?-x+ra/i-ha | MARAŞ 8, §9 (Maraş) |
The attestation at MARAŞ 8, §9 could possibly be read 〈sa5-tu+ra/i-ha〉, but the sign remnants are too unclear to render this suggestion anything but hypothetical.
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
With no obvious cognate links and an unclear sign word-internally, this verb remains without a phonological interpretation. The sign *371 is read 〈sa5〉 here, but may also represent IUSTITIA, cf. the remarks by Hawkins 2000a:255.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
A hapax legomenon, this verb is also without cognates so far that could aid in its semantic interpretation. The context at MARAŞ 8, §9 is broken in places, rendering the understanding of the passage difficult:This inscription presents many challenges regarding the interpretation of the layout, and thus the arrangement of the lines, order of reading. The assignment of clause boundaries presented here differs from Hawkins 2000a:253f., following Yakubovich 2017e instead. DEUS-i-zi-x-wa/i-ta sa5?-x+ra/i-ha, approx. /massaninzi=…=wa=tta …/, partly translatable as ‘I …-ed the gods’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:253).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
While the attested form is clearly a 1sg. pret. act. at MARAŞ 8, §9, everything else about the morphology of this verb remains opaque. The unclear second sign, the underspecified vowel of 〈+ra/i〉, and the lack of a cognate link mean that neither the stem nor the stem class can be determined at present.
[AH.B.]