wiwai-
‘to scream, yell (?)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Class
- Base
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2629
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
wiwai-
‘to scream, yell (?)’1.1.1Transmission
The sole attestation of the verb is found in a small ritual fragment.
[E.R.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3pl. pret. act. | ú-i-wa-i-ta | Privat 40 | (CTH 770, N/A) |
The morphological analysis follows Sasseville 2021b:177. The form ending in -aita is compatible only with a 3pl., whose nasal is graphically suppressed.
[E.R.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – For the non-representation of the nasal, see under Forms.
[E.R.]
1.1.4Meaning
Due to the fragmentary context, conclusions regarding the meaning of the hapax can only be drawn from the putative Hittite cognate wiwa-(i) ‘to scream, yell’ (Sasseville 2021b:177).
[E.R.]
1.1.5Stem
A 3pl. pret. act. /-ainta/ can belong to either the stems in -(a)i-(di) or those in -a(i)-(di) (Sasseville 2021a:82 and 219).
[E.R.]