/aTuT(i)-/, (“*91”)á-tu-ti-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3120
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/aTuT(i)-/, (“*91”)á-tu-ti-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Assur, dating to the late 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. pl. | /aTuTinzi/ | (“*91”)á-tu-ti-zi | ASSUR letter d, §6 (Assur) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Despite the syllabic spelling, the phonological interpretation of the word is tentative. The use of 〈á〉 (sign *19) at the start of the word shows that the syllabic signs do indeed represent the full word, since 〈á〉 is only ever used word-initially (cf. e.g. Hawkins 2000a:28). No cognates have so far been identified.
The sign *91 is a complex combination of PES.SCALA.ROTAE, very much resembling a modern roller skate in shape and attested a few times more, although the ROTAE are missing in the case of this lexeme (cf. the remarks by Hawkins 2000a:546). It is otherwise found with the noun HLuw. /zallall(a)-/ ‘cart’ and once with another hapax *91-ta-ti- ‘bed (?)’ at KÖRKÜN, §6.
[AH.B.] [A.P.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word has remained in the dark since ASSUR letter d was first translated, cf. Laroche 1960c:56 and Starke 1990a:337 n. 1197f., although Meriggi 1935-1936a:122 briefly tried to translate it as ‘messenger’ (“Bot(schaft)er”), but later erroneously attributed it to an entirely different lexeme (HHG:44). Following Starke, Hawkins 2000a:546 hypothesises that the meaning of the word may belong to the domain chariot, but since the present lexeme is not the only semantically unclear word in the context, assigning a meaning is difficult. At ASSUR letter d, §6 reads: u-nu-pa-wa/i-mu-u sa-na-wa/i-i-i-zi-i (“*91”)á-tu-ti-zi (VIA)ha+ra/i-wa/i-ni, approx. /unun=ba=wa=mu sannawinzi aTuTinzi harwanni/, likely translating as ‘And now dispatch good aTuTi-s to me!’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:535).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Even though the meaning of the word is unclear, it can be clearly identified as a common gender noun. Its stem may be built with the nominal suffix /-aT(i)-/ (cf. Yakubovich 2015b:6.2), but without greater insight into its morphological structure, this remains a mere possibility.
[AH.B.]