/hipparawann(i)-/, hi-pa+ra/i-wa/i-ni-

This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Assur dating to the late 8^th century BCE.

[A.P.]

acc. sg.

/hipparawannin/

hi-pa+ra/i-wa/i-ni(=)

ASSUR letter e, §28 (Assur)

The attestation at ASSUR letter e, §28 is followed by a string of clitics: 〈-ha-wa/i-za〉, i.e. /=ha=wa=anza/ ‘and to us’ with the quotative particle intervening. The host word /hipparawannin/ regularly misses the accusative ending /-n/ before following consonant of the particle chain.

[A.P.]

The word was long taken to represent a personal name (see HHG:59, followed by Hawkins 2000a:549).In contrast to most other texts in the HLuw. corpus, the ASSUR letters do not make use of the sign *380 (a single short vertical line) to mark personal names. A lack of that sign therefore does not render an interpretation as a personal name unlikely in these texts. However, an interpretation as an adjective based on a regular appellative is more compelling. It occurs in one of the ASSUR letters in a context rife with demands by the sender for the addressee to dispatch items and persons to them. ASSUR letter e, §28 reads: hi-pa+ra/i-wa/i-ni-ha-wa/i-za INFANS-ni-na VIA-wa/i-ni^-i, approx. /hipparawannin=ha=wa=anza niwarannin harwanni/, translating as ‘Also, dispatch a serf child to us!’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:536).

[AH.B.]

The morphology of this word seems obvious with an adjective in /-wann(i)-/ deriving from an otherwise unattested noun */hippara-/, which can be found in Hittite ^LÚḫippara- ‘serf, bondsman’. While /-wann(i)-/ is frequently used to form ethnic adjectives, it is also found with a number of non-ethnic bases, cf. Melchert 2003b:197f. and Rieken & Sasseville 2014a.

[AH.B.]

For different etymological proposals, see HEG A-H:251f. with further literature.

[AH.B.]