walū-

A hapax, the word appears only in a mythological fragment probably belonging to a ritual of the Tauriša tradition (NS).

[E.R.]

3sg. pret. ind. act.

wa-lu-u-ta

KUB 35.111 ii 4’

(CTH 768, NS)

The interpretation as a verb form follows Sasseville 2021a:196f. Earlier, DLL:106, CLL:254 and HEG U-Z:274 assigned the form to the lemma of walut(i)-. This cannot be excluded, but see under Meaning.

[E.R.]

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

[E.R.]

The immediate context of walūta is fragmentary and does not permit any conclusions about its meaning, which is also the reason for the diverse morphological interpretations mentioned under Forms. Accordingly, Sasseville 2021a:196 assigns tentatively walūta to a lexeme walau- ‘to wrap around’, which would be based solely on this form within the Cuneiform corpus. The morphological problems attached to it due to the divergent stem walu- add to the problems. An alternative solution opens up when taking into account the hint of Starke 1985b:216f. vis-á-vis the similarities between KUB 35.111 and KUB 48.99, i.e. the color and structure of the clay, the size of the script, the ductus, and the exclusive mention of ^DIlali-. In KUB 48.99, the Hittite verb wallu- occurs twice (13’ and 14’), in both cases spelled with singleton -l-. This feature may also apply to waliyamma at KUB 35.111 iii 2, waliyammati ibid. iii 5, and the present form walūta ibid. ii 4’. If correct, walūta belongs to the potential Luwian verb wallū-.

[E.R.]

The verb belongs to the elusive class of verbs in -u-.

[E.R.]