/annarzuha(/i)-/, á-na+ra/i-zú-ha-
‘forcefulness (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3052
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/annarzuha(/i)-/, á-na+ra/i-zú-ha-
‘forcefulness (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in the HLuw. corpus. A hapax legomenon, it is used in an altar inscription from Emirgazi, dating to the second half of the 13th century BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| abl./instr. | /annarzuhadi/ | á-na+ra/i-zú-ha-ti | EMİRGAZİ 1B, §37 (Emirgazi) |
[AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
With only one attestation, the phonological interpretation of this lexeme remains tentative. It appears likely that the word is etymologically linked to CLuw. ānnar(i)- ‘forcefulness, virility’, which would help to ascertain at least the beginning of the word.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning suggested for this word rests wholly on the assumed cognate link with CLuw. ānnari- ‘forcefulness, virility’ and words belonging to the same family. Its meaning is certainly positive, because the noun is paired asyndetically with another positively connotated noun, /sun(n)as(s)adi/ ‘with fullness’ vel sim., in the final clause of stone B of the inscription. Expressing the wish that several gods may run before (i.e. be helpful to) any person that performs a ritual, the clause makes use of /sun(n)as(s)adi/ and /annarzuhadi/ as attributes to the gods.
[AH.B.] [I.Y.]
1.1.5Stem
The stem formation of the present lexeme is unclear, and the available evidence does not permit a conclusion on whether or not the word undergoes i-mutation. If the connection with the CLuw. noun ānnar(i)- and adjective ānnara/i- is accepted, then a word of this shape can be assumed to have been present also in HLuw., providing the derivational basis for /annarzuha(/i)-/. However, it is not clear what was suffixed to it, as the word family in CLuw. does not feature a comparable formation, nor do there seem to be other nouns like it in HLuw.
Alternatively, the word may represent a compound of /annar-/+/zuha-/, the latter of which may be related to the PN /Suhi-/, possibly with a meaning such as ‘fullness of strength’; a similar compound may be present in the HLuw. personal name /Atrisuhha-/.
[AH.B.] [I.Y.]
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