OCULUS(-)zá-ni-
‘to admire’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2771
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
OCULUS(-)zá-ni-
‘to admire’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Tabal, possibly dating to the second half of the 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 3pl. pret. act. | /(…-)zaninta/ | OCULUS(-)zá-ni-ta | AKSARAY, §6 (Tabal) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this verb is unclear, because it cannot be determined if the logogram OCULUS (sign *25) serves as a logographic determinative or represents part of the phonological shape of the word. So far, the word is without cognate links to the other Anatolian languages. OCULUS is otherwise found mainly with personal names (most prominently /Azzattiwada-/, cf. Hawkins 1980d:124) and not known to have a syllabic interpretation.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The semantics of this verb were first elucidated by Poetto 1982a:281 (followed by Hawkins 1980d:139f. with reference to Poetto 1982a), who combined the graphemic evidence with the contextual information at AKSARAY, §6: za-ti-pa-wa/i-ta URBS-ni MAGNUS+RA/I-REX-zi REX-ti-zi OMNIS-mí-zi INFRA-tá-ta OCULUS(-)zá-ni-ta, approx. /zatti=ba=wa=tta ….-ni hantawatturanzi hantawattinzi taniminzi zantanta …-zaninta/, meaning ‘And great kings and kings all admired this city’ (cf. also Hawkins 2000a:476).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The stem formation of this verb is partly beyond grasp, since its phonological shape is uncertain. The form apparent from the syllabic signs suggests that it belongs to one of the i-containing stem classes, i.e. /-i-(ti)/ or /-i(ya)-(di)/ (see Sasseville 2021a:131f., 319f.).
[AH.B.]