walipatta(/i)-

The word is attested once with gloss wedges in the Festival for all Tutelary Deities from the NH period, twice without gloss wedges.

[E.R.]

gen. adj. nom. sg. c.	wa-˹li˺-pa-at-ta-aš-ši-iš	KUB 2.1 iii 45	(CTH 682, NS)
	wa-li-pa-at-ta-a[š-ši-iš]	KBo 11.40 ii 11	(CTH 682, NS)
	wa-li-pa-at-ta-aš-ši-iš	KUB 2.1 ii 19	(CTH 682, NS)

Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz.

[E.R.]

The lexeme is used as an epithet for both the Tutelary Deity and his consort ^DĀla. In the first case, it is listed between the Tutelary Deities of strengthening and shoulder and those of divine power, life, heroism, army and battle, i.e among terms of strength and military power. Therefore, Laroche (DLL:105) is probably correct when he offers a morphological interpretation of walipatta(/i)- as an action noun derived from the unreduplicated base of the verb wawalipa-⁽ⁱ⁾ ‘to wrap’, which can very well be interpreted in a military sense. He is followed by Archi 1975b:99 and McMahon 1991a:99 n. 69, who translate ‘del’aggiramento(?)’ and ‘encircling(?)’ respectively. Cf. also CLL:251: ‘envelopment’ (or sim.) and Dempsey 2015a:246: ‘wrapping’.

[E.R.]

The attestation only in the form of a genitival adjective does not permit to decide between walipatt(i)- c. and walipatt(a)- n.

[E.R.]

The root connection with Luwian *walip- (in wawalipa-⁽ⁱ⁾), the genitival adjective in -ašša/i-, and the use of gloss wedges with walipattašša/i- in the same text (see under Lemma) point clearly to a Luwian origin.

[E.R.]

For the lemma head, see CLuw. *walip-.