/kinussa-(i)/, (FLAMMAE)ki-nú-sà-
‘to set on fire, burn’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2607
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/kinussa-(i)/, (FLAMMAE)ki-nú-sà-
‘to set on fire, burn’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Tell Ahmar, dating to the 10th or early 9th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3pl. impv. act. | /kinussantu/ | (FLAMMAE)ki-[n]ú-sà-tú | ALEPPO 2, §23 (Tell Ahmar) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Even though the word is attested but once, its phonological interpretation can be deemed reasonably certain. It is related to the also attested verb /kinu(wa)-(i)/ ‘to burn’ and morphologically transparent, cf. the discussion of the stem below.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The sole attestation for the present word would be difficult to interpret, were it not for the close cognate /kinu(wa)-(i)/ ‘to burn, set fire to’ that appears in similar contexts, cf. Hawkins 2000a:238. ALEPPO 2, §23 reads: ha+ra/i-na-wa/i-ni-pa-w[a/i …]-ia-ti FEMINA-ti-ia-ti x-zi á-pa-si-z[i] AR[HA] (FLAMMAE?)ki-[n]ú-sà-tú, approx. /Harranawanni=ppa=wa […zidi]yadi wanattiyadi …-nzi abassinzi ahha kinussantu/, probably translating partly as ‘Then they (scil. likely the aforementioned gods) shall keep burning up the … of those for the … of Harran, the male and the female …’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:236). The adverb /ahha/ ‘away, fully’ suggests a sense ‘to burn up’, while the imperfective /-ssa-/ suffix may denote the author´s wish for the punishment to be meted out repeatedly. For the use of burning in sacrifices, see Hutter 2019b.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The verb is a formation in /-ssa-(i)/, a suffix used for form imperfectives, sometimes with inchoative meaning, cf. the brief mention by Sasseville 2021a:504 n. 14. The derivational base appears to be the likewise attested verb /kinu(wa)-(i)/ ‘to burn’ with the suffix contracted.
[AH.B.]