lalašḫa-^(ti)

This lexeme is attested twice in a Luwian ritual fragment.

[O.B.]

3sg. pres. med.	la-la-aš-ḫa-˹ri˺	KUB 35.128 rev.? 11’	(CTH 765, MS)
3pl. impv. med.	[la]-˹a˺-la-aš-ḫa-an-da-˹ru˺	KUB 35.128 rev.? 12’	(CTH 765, MS)

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[O.B.]

The meaning of CLuw. lalašḫa-^(ti) cannot be ascertained through contextual analysis due to the fragmentary state of the attestations. Assuming a derivational connection to lālašḫā- ‘act of taking repeatedly (?)’, the best available hypothesis for a meaning seems to be ‘to take repeatedly’. However, this interpretation must be regarded as highly tentative as it cannot be verified on contextual grounds and since the meaning of lālašḫā- likewise remains merely hypothetical.

[O.B.]

Per Sasseville 2021a:27, CLuw. lalašḫa-^(ti) is an unleniting a-stem verb. It is formed to a nominal base lālašḫā- ‘act of taking repeatedly (?)’ (Starke 1979a:259, Sasseville 2020d:249), which in turn is most likely formed to the verb lālā-⁽ⁱ⁾ ‘to take (imperf.)’, ultimately derived by reduplication from lā-⁽ⁱ⁾ ‘to take’.

[O.B.]

For the derivational base, see lālašḫā-.