/uru-x-ha-/, u-ru-x-ha-sá
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3261
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/uru-x-ha-/, u-ru-x-ha-sá
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
The lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Tabal from the 8th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom. sg. | /uru-x-has/ | u-ru-x-ha-sá | ÇİFTLİK, §7 (Tabal) |
Hawkins 2000a:449 tentatively reads 〈u-ru-˹hi?˺-ha-sá〉, but this cannot be verified either by the photograph or the autograph.
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of the present lexeme is hampered by the fact that the stone surface of the inscription is very abraded in the relevant spot.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of the lexeme has remained unclear so far, but Hawkins 2000a:450 wonders if the word may be an epithet for the storm-god Tarhunza. Considering that it occurs together with Tarhunza, it is possible that the word belongs to the family around /ura/i-/ ‘great’, but any such link will remain speculative until further data are found. The attestation in ÇİFTLİK, §7 is part of the description of a scenery and runs: SUPER+ra/i-˹la˺-ti-pa-wa/i u-ru-x-ha-sá (DEUS)TONITRUS-hu-za-sa, approx. /sarladi=ba=wa uru-x-has Tarhunzas/, probably meaning ‘but above (is) uru-x-ha- Tarhunza’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:449).
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1.1.5Stem
The word could be a derivation of the adjective /ura/i-/. The remark by Rieken 2005b:68 about some existing u-stems of the root /ur-/ supports this hypothesis, but it cannot be proven without further data.
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*This lemma was co-written with the trainee Marian Wehrstein.