parla/i-

The few attestations of the word are widely strewn over a letter, a Lallupiya song, and ritual incantations (from MS onwards).

[E.R.]

nom. sg. c.	pár-li-iš	KBo 29.38 obv. 5’	(CTH 769, MS?)
	pár-l[i-iš]	KUB 35.109 iii 10	(CTH 765, MS)
acc. sg. c.	pár-li-in	KUB 35.132 ii 7’	(CTH 771, NS)
unknown	pár-l[i(-)	KBo 29.34 i 10	(CTH 770, NS)

There is no contextual support that ezen₄ pár-la (KUB 25.26 ii 16, Hittite transmission, adduced in DLL:29 and CLL:169) belongs to the present lemma (see CHD P:174). The same applies to other words with initial parl- cited in CHD P:174; however, see ^LÚparlašalla-).

[E.R.]

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

[E.R.]

According to CLL:168, the part of speech is not assured, but if the meaning assignment ‘front, foremost’ as presented under parlai(ya)- ‘front (adj.) (?)’ is correct, a classification as adjective is most probable. Additional support comes from the fact that parla/i- occurs twice in predicative use, which is frequent with expressions that specify a position (KUB 35.109 iii 10: “later, let him become the first/in front position/on the front with (regard to) the [   ]”, KUB 35.132 ii 7’f.: “They made him the foremost [   ]”). However, more evidence for the semantic interpretation than that drawn from the derivational history and the syntactic function cannot be adduced, due to the fragmentary state of the contexts.

[E.R.]

The word ends in an adjectival -la/i- suffix. Its base is one of the locatival stems, viz. *pra-/par- ‘in front’ (parallel to *šra-/šar- ‘up, over’ → šarla/i-).

[E.R.]

1. parlā-

2. parlai(ya)-

3. parlašalla-

For the possible lemma head see CLuw. parī.