ālašša(/i)-

Within Hittite context, only two fragmentary attestations are found, in a NS fragment of mythological content.

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – The interpretation of a-a-la-aš-⸢ša⸣(-)[ at KUB 60.59 iv 9’ (cited in CLL:8) cannot be regarded as assured, since also a reading a.a-la-aš-⸢ša⸣(-)[ (/muwattallašša/i-/, cf. Pal a.a-ant-) should be considered, as long as the context remains fragmentary and uninformative. The same applies to a-a-l[a- ibid. iv 10’.

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No meaning is assigned in DLL:25, CLL:8, HHw:13, and Ünal 2007a:16. If the reading ālašša(/i)- is correct, the lexeme can probably be identified with alašša/i- in Luwian context. If not, and the logographic interpretation as a.a- turns out to be the correct one, a meaning in the semantic field of ‘strong’ has to be expected. Unfortunately, direct contextual evidence is lacking.

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Very likely, the stem ends in the suffix -ašša/i- used to form genitival adjectives.

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The use of the initial hyperplene spelling (unless it is to be read as a.a-) and the suffix -ašša/i- render a Luwian origin very likely (see DLL:25, CLL:8, HHw:13, van den Hout 2006a:250, Ünal 2007a:16), although a Hurrian borrowing cannot be entirely excluded.

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