/attuwalastarr(i)-/, MALUS-la/i-sa-tara/i-
‘viciousness’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 2519
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/attuwalastarr(i)-/, MALUS-la/i-sa-tara/i-
‘viciousness’1.1.1Transmission
Attested seven times across four different inscriptions, this lexeme occurs in Cilicia and Commagene, i.e. the southern heartland of the HLuw. area. The relevant inscriptions date between the late 9th up to the 7th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| abl./instr. | /attuwalastarradi/ | MALUS-lá/í-sa-tara/i-ti | BOYBEYPINARI 1, I§5 (Commagene) |
| BOYBEYPINARI 2, IV§15 (Commagene) | |||
| BOYBEYPINARI 2, IV§19 (Commagene) | |||
| MALUS-la/i-sa-tara/i-ti | BOYBEYPINARI 2, III§10 (Commagene) | ||
| [“]MALUS”-la/i-tara/i-ti | ANCOZ 7, §9 (Commagene) | ||
| MALUS-la/i-sa-tara/i-ri+i | KARATEPE 1 Hu., §72a (Cilicia) | ||
| MALUS-la/i-sá-tara/i-ri+i | KARATEPE 1 Ho., §72a (Cilicia) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Supported by evidence from the other words belonging to the same word family, this lexeme’s phonological interpretation is certain where the lexical part of the stem is concerned, i.e. /adduwal(i)-/, but less so in the case of the following suffix.The first interpretation by Steinherr 1974b:114f. relied on an erroneous interpretation of the spelling. The phonological shape of this complex suffix has seen some discussion and been interpreted as /-star-/ (Starke 1990a:384f., 389) and /-as(t)ra/i-/ (Melchert 2003b:196) among others, with the latest interpretation /-starr(i)-/ put forward by Yakubovich 2016b:471. The case ending displays the alternation between -tara/i-ti and -tara/i-ri+i, the rhotacism common especially to later HLuw. texts.
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1.1.4Meaning
The basic meaning of this lexeme is clear because of its connection with /attuwal(i)-/ ‘evil’, and the suffix /-starr(i)-/, which is used to derive abstract nouns from adjectives. In the KARATEPE bilingual, /attuwalastarr(i)-/ translates Phoenician b-šnʼt ‘out of hatred’ (cf. Steinherr 1974b:114f.), and in the other inscriptions it occurs in, it is generally used within the protases of curse formulae, usually combined with a verb such as /la-(i)/ ‘to take’ or /walla-(i)/ ‘to smash’ with suitable pre-verbs. A typical context can be found at BOYBEYPINARI 1, ID§5: za-a-pa-wa/i i-sà-tara/i-ta-za za-ha MENSA-za kwa/i-sa MALUS-lá/í-sa-tara/i-ti ARHA “MALLEUS”-i, approx. /za=ba=wa istarattan=za za=ha wassin=za kwis attuwalastarradi ahha wallai/, meaning ‘(He) who smashes this throne and this table with viciousness’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:336). On the basis of the HLuw. contexts, it is not possible to pin down exactly the meaning of /attuwalastarr(i)-/ as opposed to /attuwalahid-/, which is used in similar contexts, albeit with a different set of verbs.
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1.1.5Stem
Based on the adjective /attuwal(i)-/, this form includes the suffix /-starr(i)-/, which is used to derive de-adjectival animate nouns with an abstract meaning (Melchert 2003b:196; Yakubovich 2016b:471).
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For the lemma head, see HLuw. /attuwal(i)-/.