āššu- / āššau-

This word is attested only once with a gloss marker in a NS fragment of a prayer.

[A.B.]

dat./loc. sg.

a-aš-ša-u-i

KBo 56.8 5’

(CTH 389, NS)

The attestation follows Rieken et al. 2015a. The transliteration has been checked against the photo of the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

[A.B.]

According to the photo of the Mainzer Fotoarchiv (also indicated in the hand copy and by Rieken et al. 2015a), line 5’ seems to be indented and the gloss marker most likely refers to this text structuring function (cf. Souček 1957-1971a:440, cf. already Forrer 1922a:215). If this is the case, āššau is not to be classified as an actual Glossenkeilwort.

[A.B.]

KBo 56.8 1’–5’ (the transliteration is based on the photo of the Mainzer Fotoarchiv, and additionally the hand copy as well as the transliteration by Rieken et al. 2015a have been taken into account) shows:

(1’)[… -]⸢at?-ta?⸣ a[r?-]x[- ...] (2’)[… -]x-pa ú-wa-nu-un lugal-x […] (3’)[… -z]a? nu-uš na-aḫ-šar-n[u- …] (4’)[…]x-un (eras) nu-uš  ú-e-x[- …] (5’) a-aš-ša-u-i pé-di x[…]

The context is too fragmentary for a coherent translation, but the form āššaui agrees with the following word pedi ‘place’, meaning it is probably an adjective. Obviously, the Hittite adjective āššu- / āššau- ‘good, dear, favorable’ in its attributive function is the best solution here, cf. under Origin. The collocation of āššu- / āššau- and peda- ‘good place’ is also attested in other prayers, cf. HW (2nd ed.) A:503f. with examples.

[A.B.]

As noted under Graphic Features, the gloss marker does not have to refer to the lexeme āššau- here but is likely to be a text structuring marker to signal the indented line. The form āššaui represents a regular dat./loc. of the Hittite adjective āššu- / āššau-. It is unnecessary to assume a Luwian lexeme here, considering that āššu- / āššau- is well attested in Hittite (see HW (2nd ed.) A:492f., HEG A–K I,1:87–90, HED A:196–199, EDHIL:223–225, cf. Tischler 2008a:31, Tischler 2016a:40, Ünal 2007a:74f. and Ünal 2016a:94), while the Luwian word for the same meaning is wāšu- (cf. under the respective lemma).

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