/kurid-/, ku+ra/i-i-
‘(a sacred object or other sacrifice)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, n.
- ID
- 2779
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/kurid-/, ku+ra/i-i-
‘(a sacred object or other sacrifice)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Aleppo, possibly dating to the 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. | /kuri=sa/ | ku+ra/i-i-sà | BABYLON 2, §4 (Aleppo) |
Against Hawkins 2000a:395, the present word is recognised as a separate entity and does not form a unit with the following word, see e.g. Melchert 2015a:409f.
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Although the word is attested but once and not yet known to have cognates, its phonological interpretation is relatively secure. The HLuw. spelling leaves comparatively little leeway in this case, and a stem in /-id-/ is well-known from many other formations, cf. the discussion of the stem below.
The choice of 〈sà〉 over any of the other SA signs may indicate that the sibilant was palatalised to /ʃ/ due to the preceding /i/, cf. Rieken 2010b:659).
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word can only be assessed in a very general way in that it refers to some sort of sacred object or other sacrifice presented to a deity. Since the inscription is written on a stone bowl, the word may denote something that can be offered in that bowl, but a more precise interpretation will require additional textual evidence or an etymological connection. BABYLON 2, §4 reads: á-mu-pa-wa/i-tu (“*419”)wa/i-sa-ha-i-za ku+ra/i-i-sà ka-tara/i-hi-ha i-zi-i-ha, approx. /ammu=ba=wa=du washain=za kuri=sa kadirhin?=ha izziha/, translating as ‘I made for him a washa-like kurid- and a promise? / gift? / offering?’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:395).Note that Hawkins 2000a’s analysis of the clause and its morphosyntax is erroneous. He overlooked the fact that the two accusative objects /kurid-/ and /kadirh(i)-/ have different grammatical genders. It describes the giving thanks to the Storm-god Tarhunt, whom the author of the stele regarded as having listened to his laments.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The word is evidently a neuter stem in /-id-/, showing the typical loss of final /d/ before the addition of the neuter particle /-sa, -za/ (cf. Melchert 2003b:182). The putative derivational base */kura(/i)-/ is not otherwise found. A connection with Hurrian kur- ‘to answer’ (cf. Richter 2012a:227) seems possible also because of the following HLuw. /kadirh(i)-/, but remains entirely hypothetical at present.
[AH.B.]