AUDIRE?-wa/i-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 2598
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
AUDIRE?-wa/i-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from the Amuq, dating to the 9th or 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| unclear | /…/ | AUDIRE?-wa/i-sà | TULEIL 1, l.2 (Amuq) |
The analysis of the form attested as TULEIL 1, l.2 is difficult because of the fragmented state of the text, cf. the discussion of the meaning below. It may be a gen. or a nom. sg. c., perhaps even a neuter stem in /-wid-/ may be considered with a nom./acc. sg. in /-wi=sa/. Alternatively, an analysis as a 2sg. impv. act. seems within the realm of possibility, cf. the discussions below.
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is unclear. While the logogram AUDIRE (sign *73) is otherwise often combined with the reading aid 〈MI〉 and exclusively found with words from the family around HLuw. /tummanti-(ti)/ ‘to hear’, the syllabic signs following it in the present lexeme suggest a different word.
The choice of 〈sà〉 (*104) over the other SA signs may indicate a palatalisation to /ʃ/, in which case the ending would most likely be /-wiʃ-/ instead of /-was-/, but the inscription dating quite late means that this orthographic custom was no longer applied reliably (see Rieken 2010b:659).
[AH.B.] [A.P.]
1.1.4Meaning
The single occurrence of this word appears in the badly fragmented inscription TULEIL 1. It is followed by a string of signs that very much look like the beginning of the next clause, leaving 〈AUDIRE?-wa/i-sà〉 as the final word of the clause, cf. the discussion by Hawkins 2000a:381. If nominal, the form could represent a postposed nom. sg. or a gen., if verbal, the most likely option appears to be a 2sg. impv. act., but the meaning remains entirely obscure.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Unclear. The context of attestation prevents a reliable analysis of the form even regarding its grammatical gender. As a noun, it could have a stem in /-wa-/, /-w(i)-/ with i-mutation, or a neuter abstract in /-w-id-/. If the form represents a verb instead, it could be a stem in /-ssa-(i)/, in the endingless 2sg. impv. act., cf. Sasseville 2021a:489f.
Further data are needed to elucidate the matter.
[AH.B.]