/nahhuwa-⁽ⁱ⁾/

1. /nahhassa-⁽ⁱ⁾/

2. /nahh(i)-/

3. /nahhutt(i)-/

4. /nahhutti(ya)-/

The five attestations occur in a single text, a Late New Hittite treaty.

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv, except for the final signs of KBo 4.14 iii 15, for which no photograph is provided. – The spellings cited above show two variants, with and without -ia-, the latter being the expected form. The same variation is seen ibid. iii 42 ku-wa-ta-i ‘it worries’ and iii 46 ku-wa-ia-ta-du ‘it shall worry’, but with the reverse mistake (erroneous omission of -ia-) in the near-synonym. Therefore, the emendation suggested by Sasseville 2021a:372 can surely be followed.

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The semantic elucidation of the verb goes back to Friedrich 1947a:304 and relies on the etymological connection with Hitt. nāḫ-/naḫḫ-⁽ⁱ⁾ ‘to fear’ and its use, which is semantically parallel to that of nakkešš- ‘to become troublesome’ and kuwayata-⁽ⁱ⁾ ‘to worry, to be concerned’. The same applies to the syntax featuring an impersonal construction with the person concerned in the dat./loc. For detailed citations and translations of the relevant passages, see CHD L-N:347, Fuscagni 2014a (with references). The semantic proposal soon entered the handbooks, see Rosenkranz 1952a:84, DLL:73, HW:147, Weitenberg 1984a:186, CLL:153, HEG L-N:252, CHD L-N:347, HHw:147, Ünal 2007a:467f., EDHIL:592, Sasseville 2021a:372.

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For the only apparent stem variation, see under Graphic Features. Synchronically, the verb belongs to the stems in -a-⁽ⁱ⁾. Regarding its base, several different approaches compete: Melchert (CLL:153) proposes a hypostasis built from the verbal noun *naḫḫuwar-/-wan- (cf. attested Hitt. naḫḫuwar). Kronasser 1966a:417, 525 (cf. Hawkins 2000a:547) lists naḫḫuwa- under the verbs with u-extensions. Likewise, a u-extension is considered by Weitenberg 1984a:186, but alternatively, he also thinks of a nominal u-stem *naḫḫu-. Sasseville 2021a:373 regards -u- in the verb naḫḫuwa-⁽ⁱ⁾ as a u-extension, but envisages at the same time a u-stem *naḫḫu- or a stem *naḫḫuwa- (also underlying naḫḫuwašša/i-) without morphological distinction between u-suffix and u-extension. Without further evidence, the question of the derivation of naḫḫuwa-⁽ⁱ⁾ must remain open for the time being.

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1. PN Naḫḫuwa- (Götze 1960a:52 n. 19; HEG N:252 with references)

2. naḫḫuwašsa/i-

A Luwian origin is stated for naḫḫuwa-⁽ⁱ⁾ in DLL:73, Meriggi 1957a:217, Kronasser 1966a:498, CLL:153, HHw:109, HEG L-N:252, HED N:16f., Hawkins 2000a:547, EDHIL:592, Melchert 2005a:451, van den Hout 2006a:240, Frotscher 2012a:171, Sasseville 2021a:372. Although not made explicit, the claim must be based on the use of the gloss wedges, the context with many other Luwian borrowings, and the obvious relation to CLuw. naḫḫuwašsa/i-.

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CHD L-N:338-341