*u̯ólh₁-/u̯l̥h₁-´

KUB 35.68 is assigned to the unspecified group of ritual fragments (CTH 770) in the Konkordanz. The other fragment with two attestations of the word is of a mythological text probably belonging to a ritual of the Tauriša tradition (NS).

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For walliyamma, interpretations have been suggested as a participial form (as listed here) and a verbal noun in -mman- (cf. Starke 1990a:255, CLL:252, Sasseville 2021a:411), but the fragmentary context forestalls verification of either solution. Moreover, ⸢wa⸣-li-ia-am-ma=ti can also be analyzed as nom./acc. pl. n. plus reflexive pronoun =ti (Starke 1990a:255), or as an ablative form (CLL:252, Sasseville 2021a:411).

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – Whether the spelling with singleton -l- in (u)waliya- is deficient or not depends on the assignment of its root to the verb walli-^(ti) ‘to raise, lift’ (see under Meaning).

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The fragment KUB 35.111 does not offer any information on the meaning of (u)waliya-. At KUB 35.68, 12-15’ after the mention of “these […] upnalla, poisonous(?) …” (13’f.) regarding the ritual client (12’), the text reads as follows (14’): n]a-a-nu-um-pa la-la-a-at-ti u-wa-li-ia-a[t-ti … “but [n]ow you will take (and) uwaliya- …”. The addressee is “Father Sun-god” (15’). The action expressed in 14’ indicates a change (nānum=pa ‘but [n]ow’) in the Sun-god’s attitude and constitutes a benevolent behavior towards the ritual client. Accordingly, “you take and lift” would be perfectly compatible with the general sense of the passage, and Laroche’s (DLL:105) semantic interpretation is therefore accepted here. Thus, in spite of the spelling with singleton -l- and a divergent stem class, the form uwaliya[tti very probably belongs to the root wall- ‘to raise, lift’ (see also hesitantly HEG U-Z:235 and HHw:193, but with a different notion: ‘erheben, preisen (?)’, part. ‘gepriesen (?)’).

The same likely applies to the occurrences of waliyamma/i- (or waliyamman-, see above) at KUB 35.111. Following Starke 1985b:216f., the text reminds of KUB 48.99, where ^DIlali- (14’, also attested in KUB 35.111 iii 9) and the Hittite verb wallu-^(MP) ‘to praise (?)’ (13’ and 14’, spelled with singleton -l-) occur (and walluške/a-^(mi)), both deriving from the same root as CLuw. walli-^(ti).

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As argued by Sasseville 2021a:411, the 2nd sg. pres. act. uwaliya[tti] is compatible with neither walli-^(ti) ‘to raise, lift’ nor with walliya-^(ti) ‘to rise, to stand up’, but must belong to yet another verb, viz. deradical waliya-⁽ⁱ⁾.

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1. HEG U-Z:234f.