/(-)kina-(i)/, (“MANUS”)ki-na-
‘(verb of moving) (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2605
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/(-)kina-(i)/, (“MANUS”)ki-na-
‘(verb of moving) (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from the Amuq, possibly dating to the 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pres. act. | /(-)kinai/ | (“MANUS”)ki-na-i | TELL TAYINAT 2, l. 4 12§i (Amuq) |
The reading of the word is not assured and may instead be 〈“MANUS”-ki-na-i〉, cf. Hawkins 2000a:374 and Sasseville 2021a:532
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is provisional, since the word-internal nasal may be geminate instead of singleton. Moreover, instead of a logographic determinative, it is possible that the logogram MANUS should be understood as representing part of the phonological shape of the word with a resulting interpretation as /…-kina-/. It remains unclear if the word is related to Hittite kinā(i)-(mi) ‘to sort (?)’, whose meaning is likewise debated, cf. HEG I-K:575-577, HED K:179-182, and EDHIL:477.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word is attested in a badly fragmented inscription, with much of the context broken away, which does not aid in the interpretation. Yakubovich (pers. comm.) suggests a meaning such as ‘to displace’ vel sim., based on the context and the use of the logogram MANUS, which is otherwise found with a number of verbs denoting relocation in one way or another such as /pu-(di)/ ‘to lift’ and a more negative /iyadi-/ ‘to delete’. The context may contain a curse formula vel sim., and TELL TAYINAT 2, l. 4 12§i could therefore be part of the protasis: wa/i-ta a-tá (“MANUS”)ki-na-i, approx. /wa=tta anta kinai/, ‘he moves (?) in (it?)’, possibly with another word following /kina-/ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:371). However, too much of the surrounding text is damaged to be certain.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The stem formation of this verb is far from clear, because it cannot be said whether the syllabically spelt part represents the entire form or not. Sasseville 2021a:532 hypothesises that the present verb may be a formation in /-ina-(i)/. Depending on how the form is to be interpreted, it may instead belong to the stem class in /-a-(i)/ (cf. Sasseville 2021a:340-342). Yakubovich (pers. comm.) tentatively draws a connection to Lat. cieō ‘to set in motion’ and Greek κίνυμαι ‘to move’.
[AH.B.]