lālašḫā-
‘act of taking repeatedly (?)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 2568
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
lālašḫā-
‘act of taking repeatedly (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is only attested in an obscure Luwian song (Sasseville 2020d).
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | [la]-˹a˺-la-aš-ḫa-a-aš | KBo 33.104 l.col. 4’ | (CTH 770, MS) |
| la-a-la-aš-ḫa-a[š] | KUB 35.122, 2’ | (CTH 770, MS) | |
| [la-a-la-aš-ḫa-a]š | KBo 33.104 l.col. 1’ | (CTH 770, MS) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
All forms have been checked against the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
Sasseville 2020d:249 suggests that lālašḫā- is a deverbal abstract from lālā-(i) ‘to take (imperf.)’ with a resulting meaning like ‘act of taking repeatedly’ (see also Starke 1979a:259, Sasseville 2021a:27). However, no contextual evidence is available due to the fragmentary state of the attestations.
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1.1.5Stem
CLuw. lālašḫā- is a common gender a-stem noun, most likely formed with the deverbal abstract suffix -šḫā- to the base verb lālā-(i) ‘to take (imperf.)’, in turn derived by reduplication from lā-(i) ‘to take’ (Sasseville 2020d:249).
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1.1.6Derivatives
For the derivational base, see CLuw. lālā-(i).