watiya-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 2827
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
watiya-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is found in the song of growth performed at the end of the ritual for the disappearing deity involving the Palaic pantheon. For its attribution to the Luwian language, see Sasseville 2021a:368-371. The use of the ligature 〈waa〉 for a Luwian word is not problematic here, since the song is in “Palaic transmission”.
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1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. | waa-ti-ia-am(=) | KUB 32.18 iv 14’ | (CTH 752, MS) |
| KUB 32.16, 8’ | (CTH 752, OS) | ||
| KUB 32.16, 10’ | (CTH 752, OS) | ||
| waa-ti-ia-a[m(=) | KUB 32.18 iv 16’ | (CTH 752, MS) |
The separation of waa-ti-ia-am-pi as waa-ti-ia-am=pi with the particle =pi (common both to Palaic and Ištanuwa Luwian), was already suggested by Carruba 1970a:79. The word sequence was classified as Palaic both in Carruba 1970a:70 and Tischler 2008a:225.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
No meaning has been suggested so far (Carruba 1970a:70 and Tischler 2008a:225), but it is worth comparing the Luwian noun watinaz ‘?’ (most likely representing the acc. pl. /wadinz=ha/ with mute vowel in the sign 〈az〉 due to the consonant cluster). Unfortunately, this does not contribute to the elucidation of the meaning of watiya-.
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1.1.5Stem
The word is most likely a common gender stem in -iya-; cf. CLuw. uwaniya-, although a neuter substantivization of an adjective in -i(ya)- cannot be excluded. Moreover, an action noun in -iy-a- c. derived from a verb in -i-(ti) (Sasseville 2020c) remains a distant possibility.
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