šēḫuwai(ya)-
‘related to that which is sour, bitter’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 3070
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
šēḫuwai(ya)-
‘related to that which is sour, bitter’1.1.1Transmission
The sole attestation of the lexeme is found in the ritual for a sick child. For a possible Hittite borrowing of the word, see šiwai(ya)-.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. pl. c. | ši-e-ḫu-wa-en-zi | KBo 13.260 iii 11’ | (CTH 766, NS) |
| unknown | še-i-ḫu-wa-i-in[(-) | KBo 58.233, 3’ | (CTH 770, NS) |
Attestation at KBo 58.233, 3’ follows Sasseville 2020a:51 and DCL:s.v.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – The first sign of še-i-ḫu-wa-i-in(-)[ at KBo 58.233, 3’ is written over another sign (Sasseville 2020a:51, contra Groddek 2012b:159).
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1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
For the vacillation between the form with the preservation of -ḫ- (as in šēḫuwai(ya)-) and without -ḫ- (šēwa/i-), see Melchert 1994a:258.
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1.1.4Meaning
The ritual context includes two parallel sentences, the first of which is fully transparent: (9’)... ḫa-at-ta-in-zi (10’)ḫa-at-ta a-da-an-du (11’)ši-e-ḫu-wa-en-zi še-e-wa (12’)a-da-an-du “those related to piercing shall eat piercing (items), those related to šēwa shall eat šēwa” (KBo 13.260 iii 9’-12’; slightly different Melchert apud Mouton & Yakubovich 2019a:217f.). The relationship between šēḫuwaenzi to šēwa mirrors that of ḫatta ‘piercing (items)’ and its adjectival -i(ya)- derivative ḫattainzi ‘related to piercing’ (see under Stem), hence the translation ‘related to that which is sour, bitter’ based on the semantic analysis of šēwa (see under Lemma).
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1.1.5Stem
On the suffixation with -i(ya)- for the formation of the relational adjective šēḫuwai(ya)-, see CLL:193 (contra Starke 1987a:250 n. 26).
[E.R.]
For the lemma head see CLuw. šēwa/i-.