/atri(ya)-/, COR-[x]-i-
‘personal (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 3042
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/atri(ya)-/, COR-[x]-i-
‘personal (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Aleppo, probably dating to the 11th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. c. | /atris/ | COR-[x]-i-sa | ALEPPO 6, §3 (Aleppo) |
Underneath the sign COR at ALEPPO 6, §3, the stone is damaged, leaving enough space for an additional sign, as indicated in the editio princeps by Hawkins 2011b:44. However, it is also possible that the space was not used, and the reading should be changed to 〈COR-i-sa〉. The analysis of this word as an adjective is likely and follows Yakubovich 2017e:s.v., but cf. the discussion of the stem below.
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
With the link to the word family around HLuw. /atr(i)-/ ‘person, self’ quite likely, the phonological interpretation of the present lexeme is reasonably clear. The most straightforward shape is /atri(ya)-/, although a form such as /attani(ya)-/ is not out of the question, either; cf. the discussion by Yakubovich at HLuw. /attan(i)-/ ‘soul, self’ regarding the relationship of /atr(i)-/ and /attan(i)-/.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word is assigned tentatively based on its likely etymological connections and its context of attestation (see Yakubovich 2017e:s.v.). ALEPPO 6, §3 reads: TONITRUS.HALPA.PA-ní-wa(URBS) (DEUS)TONITRUS *a-mu COR-[x]-i-sa i-zi-ta, approx. /Halpawannis=wa Tarhunzas ammu atris izzitta/, meaning ‘(I honoured the embodiment for my master, the storm-god Tarhunt of Aleppo,) and Tarhunt of Aleppo became personal (?) to me’ (Hawkins 2011b:44f.).The interpretation of the verb as 3sg. pret. med. follows Yakubovich 2020a:468 n. 4. An interpretation as an adjective is the most likely option here.Regarding the form /atris/, Hawkins 2011b:41 at first leaves the clause partly untranslated, but adds (p. 45 addendum), following a suggestion by van den Hout, that it may represent a free-standing genitive. This is morphologically highly unlikely, since the gen. of the i-mutated /atr(i)-/ should be /atras(si)/, yet the attested spelling clearly includes an /i/ here.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
If the analysis of the word as an adjective is correct, it is likely derived with the productive suffix /-i(ya)-/ from the also attested noun HLuw. /atr(i)-/ ‘person, self’. However, the adjectival interpretation is based mainly on its context at ALEPPO 6, §3, and it should be noted that i-mutation and subsequent contraction render the nom. sg. c of the adjective /atri(ya)-/ and the nom. sg. of the noun /atr(i)-/ looking the same, viz. /atris/.
Outdated is the previously envisaged cognate link with Lyd. arlil(i)- proposed by Yakubovich 2005b:86, since withdrawn by the scholar himself, see Yakubovich 2017c:16 n. 15.
[AH.B.]
For the lemma head, see HLuw. /atr(i)-/.