/alunazza-(i)/, (COR)á-la/i/u-na-za-
‘to become envious, covet’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 3297
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/alunazza-(i)/, (COR)á-la/i/u-na-za-
‘to become envious, covet’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in the two parallel versions of the KARATEPE inscription from Cilicia, dating to the early 7th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| 3sg. pres. act. | /alunazzaya/ | (COR)á-la/i/u-na-za-ia | KARATEPE (Hu.), §65 (Cilicia) |
| […]-za-ia | KARATEPE (Ho.), §65 (Cilicia) |
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is only partly secure. While the suffix /-zza-/ and the ending are known from many other formations, the remainder of the stem is less easily interpreted. Thus, the choice of the vocalically polyvalent sign 〈la/i/u〉 for rendering the second syllable leaves the quality of the vowel open, although the possible CLuw. cognate a-lu-ú-ni-x[ (see DCL:s.v.) suggests /u/; see also under /alunam(i)-/.
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1.1.4Meaning
With its attestation in the KARATEPE 1 bilingual inscription, the interpretation of this word was facilitated by its equivalent, Phoenician yḥmd ‘he covets’, see Steinherr 1974b:108. KARATEPE (Hu.), §65 runs: ni-pa-wa/i-sá (COR)á-la/i/u-na-za-ia “CASTRUM〈”〉-ní-si za-ti, approx. /niba=wa=as alunazzaya harnissi zatti/, meaning ‘Or if he becomes envious regarding this fortress’ (cf. Melchert 2000a:57). The inchoative sense derives from the morphology, see the discussion of the stem below.
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1.1.5Stem
A verb in /-zza-(i)/, the word is likely derived from an unattested verb */aluna-(ti)/ ‘to be envious/covetous’ (also the base of /alunam(i)-/), see Sasseville 2021a:441f., who connects it to the noun /aliwann(i)-, alunn(i)-/ ‘enemy’. The suffix /-zza-/ is deverbal and forms inchoatives and imperfectives (see Sasseville 2021a:439-441 and Yakubovich 2015b:6.5).
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